Kevin Durant Quotes

I just want to prove my point that I'm one of the best safeties in this league.

I want to prove I'm a top-15 player, possibly top 10.

There was no question that in our house doing well, doing it the right way, school, sports - there was an expectation. One of the things I've taken away from that is that I'm unafraid to expect a fair amount from people. It makes them so much better - you're doing them a disservice if you don't.

I want to show that I'm a good player.

Everyone has their own traits but if you are being compared to players like Rio Ferdinand then you must be doing something well and hopefully I can keep that going.

I'm proud of my career as a player.

I've proven I can play.

I want to be a top player.

I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.

I want to be the greatest player who has ever been at my position, the greatest player who has ever played.

I want to win the MVP. I feel like, at the end of the day, it might be an individual award, but when I play better, the team also does.

I want to be known as a good major-leaguer, and good major-leaguers work to become good.

High expectations are the key to everything.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either.

To give your best is to receive the best.

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.

I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.

I have to work harder than what I am now to make sure that I stay on top of this and stay on top of the world and be competitive in major championships.

I want to be remembered one day as a great player, good athlete and a good professional.

I believe I have quality, and that's why I won a grand slam, so I know I can do it again.

Winning the Ballon d'Or is the consequence of your work.

The more work you put in, and the more you constantly and consistently give good performances against good opponents and constantly exceed people's expectations, the more you really endear yourself to the crowd. That's how your career takes off - it's just consistency and time.