My dream was to become a rec league coach. I love basketball so much,
KEVIN DURANTI love playing it, I just never thought I’d make it to college, NBA, or be standing up here today. It is a surreal feeling. So many people doubted me and motivated me.
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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 will be rooting for USAB and look forward to future opportunities with them.
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I always want to win because I never want to sit out on the sidelines outside.
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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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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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Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people.
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I’m going to show you my faults, I’m going to show you my insecurities, I’m going to be real.
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I’m like a chameleon. I adapt to my situation. It’s very slowed down here. I like it that way. I’m a guy that’s very reserved, quiet and shy myself.
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My mom just wants to make sure that my heart is always in whatever I do and I’m in things for the right reasons.
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I like to sit on things and digest them and then I’ll figure out my next move, but I never said I was right for doing anything.
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This city, all they want us to be is ourselves. You love us how we are. We’re all a work in progress as men and you still love us and I thank you so much for embracing us.
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I want people to know what they didn’t know about me. I just wanted them to know the real side.
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I don’t watch a lot of other basketball away from the gym. But I do look at LeBron’s box score. I want to see how many points, rebounds and assists he had, and how he shot from the field.
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I know what to keep to myself. I know what I want to give up.
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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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