My style has changed and evolved mainly because I’ve grown to have more confidence in myself.
KEVIN DURANTYou 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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You can’t speak openly about everything.
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Music has always been a big part of my life. It’s kind of like a refuge for me. I just use it to get away.
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I go to sleep at night, like, ‘Am I gonna be alone forever?’
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I’ve just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don’t think I’m ahead of anybody.
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Last but not least my family. My brother Tony, I love you. Thank you for beating me up when I was a kid. I always wanted to follow in your footsteps.
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My mother taught me to always be strong and always work hard. She’s been working hard her whole life for me and my brother. I’m a lot like her in that I work hard for what I want. She taught me that.
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We went from apartment to apartment by ourselves. One of the best memories I had was when we moved into our first apartment, no bed, no furniture and we just sat in the living room and just hugged each other. We thought we made it.
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The grass is not always greener on the other side. You learn to appreciate these people.
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Jimmer Fredette is the best scorer in the world!!
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It’s all about knowing the balance, because I like to remain somewhat of a mystery. You need to have that, you know what I mean?
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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’m not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up.
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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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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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Everybody. No matter how they feel about me, everybody on Oklahoma City, on that team, of course I watch them. I support them. I want them to do well.
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I’m an old-school type of guy.
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It’s hard to play well, but it’s easy to work hard.
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I failed so many times and got back up. I got through the toughest times with my family, but I’m still standing.
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Beautiful fans of Oklahoma City, I can’t say enough about you guys. All the support you give our team. The home-court advantage we have is the best I’ve ever seen. We disappoint you sometimes, but we try our best every single night to win for you guys. And we want to win a championship for you guys.
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I’m going to be me at the end of the day. And I think my family appreciates that. They’re happy for me that I’m finding out who I am, and I’m content with that.
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I just loved being in the gym. It was tough at times. Sometimes I wanted to quit, but I’m glad I stuck with it.
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I’m not out here to be showing you I’m this perfect person.
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I’ve been more content with just who I am.
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I’ve got a long way to go to being the ultimate best, but I think my time is now. And I’m starting to enter my prime.
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I miss Seattle a lot. It was my first city that I lived in on my own. It was a great city to play for. It was unfortunate for the fans what happened, but it’s time to move on.
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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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