Kevin Durant Quotes

If I'd said, 'I'm going to be a director,' it probably wouldn't have happened.

I don't think at any age I will be able to feel totally accomplished.

Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did.

If you sell yourself short before you even start, you'll never know how far you could have gone. Ambition is a wonderful thing and has gotten me farther than I ever thought I'd go.

If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this - two books, some television and everything - I'd panic, I'd be scared.

I traced the path I walk today and my goals are many. I think that I'm achieving my goals.

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.

I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.

I have worked hard to get where I am.

Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim?

The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?

I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.

The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.

I don't know if people consider me a deep threat, but maybe I'll get there one day.

If you know people around me, even in college, I was confident, but the possible thought of making it to the NBA was crazy.

At 23, I know I'm nowhere close to where I want to be and where I need to be and where I'm going to be.

I think, personally for me I always work on the next goal and wanna figure out how to achieve it.

I suffered a lot of setbacks when I started; I didn't have any work experience and no real confidence to go after the career that I knew in the back of my mind I really wanted. It affected my confidence as knock-back after knock-back left me feeling like I might never succeed.

Slowly, step-by-step, I will reach my goals and my dreams.

There is always something to prove.

I had a dream, and that dream kind of became a reality when I started taking steps toward it. You don't even realize what you're achieving as you're achieving it.

When you set goals, something inside of you starts saying, "Let's go, let's go," and ceilings start to move up.

After so many years it's embarrassing to admit that I don't honestly know how much I want to be directed.

Here's what you must do. It's pretty simple, really, but I didn't say easy. It's what sets those who succeed apart from those who don't: You must have a sincere and burning desire to achieve what you dream, dedicate yourself to making progress, and take control of your circumstances to change your body.