Work harder than your opponent.
KEVIN DURANTGrateful for this opportunity with Roc Nation Sports. It’s go time.
More Kevin Durant Quotes
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Sometimes you have to know when to shut the f – – up.
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Hopefully before I’m done, I can be on an Olympic team.
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You hear all these stories about, ‘There’s one in a million guys that make it to the NBA and stay there.’ To see people cheering for me and when they say my name, it’s just crazy. It’s still crazy to me.
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Chemistry is important. If you like your teammates, it’s going to be easier to play with them on the court.
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I’m obviously not going to give you everything about my whole life, but as far as my personality, you see me all the time from watching the games.
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If he had 30 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, I can tell you exactly how he did it, what type of shots he made and who he passed to.
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This was an extremely difficult decision as I take great pride in representing our country. I know that I owe it to my USA Basketball teammates to be totally invested in the experience. After going through training camp with USAB.
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I’ve been second my whole life.
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Set the goal and work all days for it, until you achieve, I want to be a champion, the best!
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I’m just trying to grow. That’s one thing I told myself is, ‘Don’t worry about who people say is the best player’.
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I’m a big competitor.
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I’m not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up.
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I would describe my style as off the wall. I like stuff that doesn’t match. I just like to stand out.
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I realized I could not fulfill my responsibilities to the team from both a time and energy standpoint. I need to take a step back and take some time away, both mentally and physically in order to prepare for the upcoming NBA season.
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Some guys like to talk. What’s the problem with that?
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I just want to grow spiritually with the Lord.
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All this stuff is kind of surreal to me – Ididn’t think I’d be in the league or none of that. It was making it to college. That’s about it.
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I was just a big fan of tattoos always growing up, and I wanted something cool that symbolizes what I’ve been through in my life, and everything on my chest and my back is like a collage.
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There’s a lot of falses – out there and if I take up for myself, it’s a bad thing. Sometimes you just got to live with it, but for the most part, I’m like look, I don’t want no problems with nobody.
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I’m always hungry. I want to be the best.
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And last, my mom. I don’t think you know what you did. You had my brother when you were 18 years old. Three years later, I came out. The odds were stacked against us. Single parent with two boys by the time you were 21 years old. Everybody told us we weren’t supposed to be here.
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I’ve been more content with just who I am.
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If I come to work every day and do my job, work as hard as I can, be a great teammate, the rest of that stuff will take care of itself.
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It’s hard to play well, but it’s easy to work hard.
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If I’m educated and passionate about a topic, I’ll answer the question. But I also know when to shut the hell up.
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Me as a person, I’m not the president of the NBPA (National Basketball Players Association). I don’t even know what to say. I’m not like this perfect, buttoned-up, suit-and-tie guy.
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