Quotes from Kevin Durant

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.

With everything I do, I just try to be myself.

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.

If it's controversy out there, or if it's some false stories out there, I want to clear it up. That's just what I'm all about.

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.

I like the nucleus that we have. I'm excited. I want to be here as long as possible. It's like family. I love being here.

Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard

I'm an old-school type of guy.

You know, I think more people should watch women's basketball. It'd do so much for the game.

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.

It's hard to play well, but it's easy to work hard.

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

Set the goal and work all days for it, until you achieve, I want to be a champion, the best!

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.

Work harder than your opponent.

If I come to work every day and do my job, work as hard as I can, be a great teammate, the rest of that stuff will take care of itself.

Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.

My style has changed and evolved mainly because I've grown to have more confidence in myself.

Our best years are only ahead of us, so we got to continue to keep pushing.

People always think women meet us in the hotel lobby, but it's the opposite. The majority of the time, you go out to eat with your teammates, then rest for the next day's game. It's not a vacation - most guys view the road as a business trip.

In this league, experience means a lot.

All the support from all my friends, All my family over the years, I appreciate it.

I fell so many times and got back up. I been through the toughest times with my family, but I'm still standing.

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.