"I was the second-best player in high school. I was the second pick in the draft. 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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Source : "Kevin Durant sick of second, working for first with help of advanced stats" by Ben Golliver, www.si.com. April 23, 2013.

Kevin Durant

#School Quotes #Tired Quotes #Player Quotes

“Don't think for one second the change of location will bring you success. If you have the same mentality, you will have the same results.”
“One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.”
“Faith is not only a commitment to the promises of Christ; faith is also a commitment to the demands of Christ.”
“For me it's really important that the work here displays an aesthetic of decay along with the sunken boat with the broken ceramic pieces. They form a unity in showing the power of destruction, the beauty of destruction, whether it's from nature- because the boat has sunk- or through other forces. It's really the beauty of decay and death that holds a power here.”

Source : "Reflection". Art21 Interview, art21.org. 2005.
“70 percent of what we do involves staring into space trying to figure out what the hell happens next.”
“Passion is the beginning of success”
“Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“English has a better way with colloquialisms. It has colloquialisms that are colorful and expressive but not too heavy or distracting. In German, if you use colloquialisms, it quickly descends into some kind of dialect literature.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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