Listen: LeBron explains how his mom helped him cheat in 4th grade

If not for some help from his mother, LeBron James likely would have had to repeat fourth grade.

On the latest episode of the "Road Trippin' with R.J. and Channing" podcast, James revealed (starts around the 43-minute mark) how, despite missing 82 of 181 days of school that year at Harris Elementary in Akron, Ohio, he was able to bring his grade up enough to pass.

"Me and my mom went to school one day in the spring time, and my teacher was like, 'Your son applies himself so much when he's here, but he's never here,'" James recalled. "And my mom said, 'What can we do so my son doesn't fail? I don't want my son to ever feel like he's a failure.'

"My teacher at the time, and I'm sorry I don't remember your name, she gave us a stack - and I wish the listeners could see the stack of papers - she said, 'If your son can finish this stack of extra credit, we'll pass him.'

"This how G my momma is," he continued. "Me and my momma went home, split the extra credit papers. She did half, I did half. We turned that shit in, and they passed me. That's why my momma a G to this day."

- With h/t to For The Win