By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: October 15, 2013
“MJ wasn’t perfect. MJ had bad games. He had turnovers. He had games where he felt like he should’ve been better,” James said. “But I think the greatest thing about MJ was that he never was afraid to fail. And I think that’s why he succeeded so much -- because he was never afraid of what anybody ever said about him. Never afraid to miss the game-winning shot, never afraid to turn the ball over. Never afraid.”
Despite two straight NBA titles and four MVPs, James is still afraid to fail.
“That’s one of my biggest obstacles. I’m afraid of failure,” James said in the interview. “I want to succeed so bad that I become afraid of failing.”
(Quotes from this ESPN story.)