Kevin Durant Quotes

My last year with the Spurs, I was late to practice one time.

The business always gets in the way of basketball.

Every footballer wants to take part in a World Cup with his country.

It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics.

We didnt come out with any energy. We know were not good enough to let the game come to us. We have to come with high energy, play hard team basketball and do everything the right way. Coming into the season, we all knew we didnt have too much room for error.

If I didn't believe in this team and this organization and the direction that we're headed, I wouldn't have signed the extension.

Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you.

No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are

We have a very intelligent team. I've had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you're going to have a closed practice and eight guys don't show up.

We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.

Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy

I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.

This perpetual round of constrained civilities to persons quite indifferent to us, is the most provoking and tiresome thing in theworld, but it is unavoidable in a country town, where everybody is known.... 'Tis a most shocking and unworthy way of spending our precious irrecoverable time, to those who know not its value.

For those at home, as well as for those in battle, war is curiously disabling. The mere realization that one's country is at war poisons the bloodstream, creates an incessant mood of worry that infiltrates even the most casual moments.

I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there.

One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can't eat...nor make love for eight hours...

As a student of the game, it is a dream come true to align myself with a brand that has a rich history in sports. Like most kids, I grew up idolizing Michael Jordan and continue to work relentlessly to reach his iconic status on the court. I'm truly motivated to take my career to the next level as a member of Team Jordan.

On paper, I think this is the best team I've been on.

We're the most experienced team in the league. I think we got a little too happy, running our mouths, jumping up and down, looking at the Heat dancers and all of that stuff. We had to step it up and show them what we're all about.

Work as hard as you can to become as good an individual player as you can to help your team win

I didn't need to meet with other teams. I didn't care about what offers were on the table. I wanted to be in Atlanta. I wanted to represent for this team.

It's hard to win in the league, because every team is good, they got players on their team. A lot harder than high school. It's competitive, and that's what I most love about it.

O Lord! I don't know which is the worst of the country, the walking or the sitting at home with nothing to do.

Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.