Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has pretty much done it all throughout what has been an illustrious 18-year career. As a matter of fact, right now, he's still doing mind-boggling things at the age of 37.

So what keeps LeBron James motivated? Well, the Lakers talisman recently came to a confession about using his haters as motivation. This isn't exactly groundbreaking but the way LeBron narrated his penchant for actively searching for his haters before games is simply hilarious:

“You need a little like f—-n' Mr. Hyde to kick out,” LeBron said (h/t Ballislife.com on Twitter). “You need it. I would go out on the court sometimes and I don't know, like I didn't sleep well last night. … I just need a little jumpstart. I go out on the floor during warm-ups and I'll just be looking for a LeBron hater. I just need one of them. Please, let me find this one LeBron hater. I need it. 20 minutes before the game start, I'm just looking like, ‘Oh, I found this motherf—-r.'”

This is LeBron taking hater motivation to a whole new level. We've all heard about how players use criticism to make themselves better, but clearly, The King is a different animal. I guess this is what it takes when you've been playing basketball at an elite level for pretty much your entire life. You just need to get creative with these things and there's no denying that LeBron is doing exactly that.

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This also serves as a warning for all LeBron haters out there, particularly those who watch games live. It's probably a good idea to think twice the next time you cheer against this man on the basketball court. This might just be the motivation he needs to get going and booing him might end up as a decision that backfires. I'm 100 percent certain that this has happened in the past on more than a few occasions.

Right now, though, it looks like LeBron needs a lot of hate to help get the Lakers out of the deep, deep hole they've dug for themselves. Then again, James has been balling out all season long so in truth, this really isn't all on him.