  We present a method for producing three-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates
using only laser cooling. The phase transition to condensation is crossed with
$2.5 {\times} 10^{4}$ $^{87}\mathrm{Rb}$ atoms at a temperature of
$T_{\mathrm{c}} = 0.6\ \mu\mathrm{K}$ after 1.4 s of cooling. Atoms are trapped
in a crossed optical dipole trap and cooled using Raman cooling with
far-off-resonant optical pumping light to reduce atom loss and heating. The
achieved temperatures are well below the effective recoil temperature. We find
that during the final cooling stage at atomic densities above $10^{14}\
\mathrm{cm}^{-3}$, careful tuning of trap depth and optical-pumping rate is
necessary to evade heating and loss mechanisms. The method may enable the fast
production of quantum degenerate gases in a variety of systems including
fermions.
