Since the start of the 2015-2016 NBA season, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors have been on a crash course to meet in the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year. The entire season, despite its ups and downs–both teams saw two different men as their head coach, Stephen Curry‘s injuries, LeBron James‘ awkward social media dealings–played out like the setup episode of a weekly show. Though the Oklahoma City Thunder and, for a moment, the Toronto Raptors, posed significant threats to this Finals rematch we’re now looking forward to, what the majority of basketball fans expected to happen is now happening. Once again, it will be LeBron vs Curry. Six MVP awards between them. Four rings. Two Goliaths.

Last year, after James led his shorthanded Cavs to a 2-1 series lead over the Warriors, Curry and company ran off three consecutive victories to claim the title. Rumors began to bubble again that LeBron could be considering jumping ship again, but they held little merit. Down two All-Pro players and still making a series out of the Finals, matched up against a team that would win 73 games the next season was nothing to hang his head about, and LeBron knew that. So here he is, right back where he was last year, with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love in tow and a serious will to bring Cleveland its first major sports championship in over half-a-century.

Given those circumstances, it isn’t crazy to think that there’s some serious pressure involved. However, LeBron’s got a different idea of how to define the atmosphere he’ll be playing in over the next couple of weeks, and how it relates to the words “pressure” and “success.” Speaking with ESPN’s J.A. Adande, James had this to say about his current undertaking.

When you return to Cleveland there is the idea of obviously trying to bring a championship to Cleveland to the Cavaliers. How have you been able to minimize what a lot of people think is an immense amount of pressure?

James: I don’t really get involved into the whole pressure thing. I think I’ve exceeded expectations in my life as a professional. I’m a statistic that was supposed to go the other way, growing up in the inner city, having a single-parent household. It was just me and my mother. So everything I’ve done has been a success. So as far as the game of basketball, I just go out and play it and have fun and love it, and be true to the game and to my teammates and live with the results. So I don’t — doesn’t really get to me too much.

Living with the results will be a lot easier if the results produce the Larry O’Brien trophy, though.