Background on Lebron James

Lebron James, as a child, was a natural talent in football. He scored 19 touchdowns in six games in his first year of Pee Wee football, when he only was in 4th grade. However, in spite of his success, he started to miss school on regular basis. His coach, Mr. Walker, noticed this and offered his mother the opportunity to give LeBron a more stable living environment. It ended up with LeBron moving with his coach’s family. It turned out to be a superb solution for LeBron as he learned discipline and what a normal family life could be like and this began to be a very positive result in his school reports. Mr. Walker also began to have a great impact on LeBron’s basketball. The Walker family allowed LeBron  to return to his mother’s home whenever he so desired. Besides that, LeBron had made some new friends and soon they were a terrific team on the basketball court. Why did Mr. Walker offer LeBron a more stable living environment? His mother, Gloria James, was only sixteen years old when she gave birth to LeBron on December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio. His father unfortunately had neither interest nor desire in looking after this newborn baby. LeBron’s father left his wife and son without taking any responsibility. Life was difficult for the young mother and she had to bring up LeBron completely on her own, as her own mom died when LeBron was still a baby. Gloria James struggled financially. Although she would find jobs from time to time, she found it difficult to hold onto them. The young mother and her son lived mostly in Akron, south of Cleveland. Although life could be difficult, Gloria James was successful in keeping her little son away from the violence on the streets. While he was still very young, she gave him a ball, and it would occupy him for hours each day. The little boy never tired of playing ball. School life proved to be tough for LeBron. Ashamed of his poor living standards, he was shy and introverted. He didn’t have many friends and he also found studying bothersome. But when it came to sports, he was often unbeatable. A real team player, he never neglected his teammates. In addition, he was excellent at taking the ball to the basket as he discovered that he had a natural strength and quickness in someone so young. Despite Lebron’s difficult childhood, he has risen to the top and proven to be one of the world’s top basketball players in history.