“Yeah (they say the same thing about Kobe). I think those guys have a fear of being average,” the seven-year NBA veteran told VLAD TV in 2021. “They don’t want nobody to even think that they could can match them you know what I mean, and so, I think once you put the work in like that kind of work, it brings confidence because you know you’ve been in the gym and you know you’ve been working so, you just get out there and do it.”

LeBron taught Gibson how to maintain greatness

“I think that players like that, they have a gift that everybody ain’t got. Everybody ain’t 6’9″ and run that fast and jump that high but also most of those guys have a drive that most people don’t know about. So, that’s what I learned from watching Bron,” Gibson reflected.

“Like, I would always try to be the one that would be the first one there but I’m competing with him and he already the best player in the world you know what I mean? That just goes to show you the type of player he is and that’s what I learned most from him like, no matter how much talent you got, if you ain’t willing to put the work in, then everybody catch up to you,” he continued.

Bron was a motivator too

“His work ethic and his drive changed my life,” Smith once said of LeBron. “I looked at it from a different perspective. Surprisingly I was so insecure about my game I didn’t want people to see it. I didn’t want them to see the insecurities that I have of me missing shots. LeBron helped me by saying there is a reason you are here; there is a reason why we are here. When we get to those moments, we won’t miss those shots. He pounded that s**t in my head so much that every day I was in the gym for 3, 4 times a day.”

Bron is still doing it at year 22