I’m not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up.
KEVIN DURANTAll 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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How I grew up, everybody was telling me, “You can’t do this, you can’t get tattoos, you’ve got to look a certain way.” Now, I’m like, “Why?”
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I always want to win because I never want to sit out on the sidelines outside.
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My acting coach I’ve got here, Richard Lawson, he’s been doing good, just telling me to calm down sometimes and just be me.
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I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.
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I’m going to be real as hell and show you who I am, because I want the kids to see who I really am and the basketball players to see who I really am, and that’s all that matters to me.
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For me, as a 14-year-old aspiring to be in the NBA, I wanted to hear from players.
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Through the tough times, you guys never left my side… That’s something that I really appreciate and I never want to take you guys for granted. I thank you so much for being part of my life. And not just on the basketball court, but giving me talks about growing as a man first, and a basketball player next.
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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 them to get a pulse on us as players, and a lot of players might not want that, but that’s what I want.
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I’ll play all five positions if my team needs me to.
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I want to show people who I really am, especially aspiring basketball players who want to be at this level. That’s what I’m about.
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I love Oklahoma. The fans have been with me every night. What more can you ask for?
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I’m an old-school type of guy.
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I just want to grow spiritually with the Lord. I’m keeping strong at it, just trying to make my walk with faith a little better.
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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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