LeBron's Heartfelt Acceptance of Being the Flag Bearer for the Olympics

LeBron recently opened up about his experience as Team USA's flag bearer at the Paris Olympics.

The NBA champion admitted that he actually did not understand the importance of the flag bearer's role before.

“I had the idea that I could be part of those who won to carry the flag of our country,” said LeBron The store. “But to be honest, I didn't understand its importance, I didn't know how respected it was, I didn't know how beautiful it was. I grew up watching the Olympics but I didn't grow up seeing who was carrying the flag or who was carrying the flag, things like that. Those are things like this, I've never seen that before. I was getting closer and closer to that moment, and then Steph Curry made a video congratulating me, if you see it, he's an unbeliever, an unbelieving guy and I thank him for what he did. And then being there with my teammates and getting that moment, that's when it started to hit me.

“Then the people at home, my wife congratulates me, the family congratulates me. And then when we actually got to the Opening Ceremony and it was like five minutes until it was time for you to go up there and carry the flag, I started to get really nervous. Great fear. I get nervous before every football game, but this was a different feeling. I represented the whole country at that time.

“I just thought about it from the point of view of my grandchildren and children's children's children and grandchildren and people in our community, children who look like me and come from my background and places that I am not promised that they will come to the next one. day. To be able to see such inspiration, I hope to inspire many.

“Not only in America, but even other children in different countries around the world to want to represent the flag in the Olympics and be a representative of what is good. There are so many bad things happening in the world, not only in America where we live, we see all the carelessness. Being able to have that bright moment right there, being able to have positivity for all our people, regardless of race, regardless of the color of your skin, regardless of what you believe in, was like a unity thing. . It was really cool. It was really, really good. “

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