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.
KEVIN DURANTMy 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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I’m not the type of guy who’s just going to throw the ball inbounds to a guy who’s wide open. I can make the right pass.
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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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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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I like what I like, I am who I am, I know what I want to do, you know what I’m saying?
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I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I’m like, ‘I didn’t think I’d be here.’
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Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn’t go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.
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Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people.
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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’m a big competitor.
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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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I’ve been second in the MVP voting three times. I came in second in the Finals. I’m tired of being second. I’m not going to settle for that. I’m done with it.
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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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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 not trying to have my whole life out there in the media.
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