Dec 30, 2008 3:46 PM EST

Cleveland forward LeBron James turned 24-years-old on Tuesday but believes that he's much older than that on the inside.

"Someone asked me how old I was turning," James said. "I told them 24. I'm young but I have an old soul. "

James is a team captain, a father, an Olympic champion, and is head of an international business enterprise.

"At the end of the day I am not perfect, but I have a good sense about life, and my family's life, and what direction we want to head it," James said.

"That keeps me calm, the security we have is under control."

Via Cleveland Plain Dealer