Childhood story:
Kevin Durant was born on September the 29th 1988, in Washington D.C Tom Wandya (nee Durant and Wayne Pratt, as an infant his father deserted the family then wanda and wayne eventually divorced and Durant’s grandmother Barbra Davis helped raise him. As a kid, Durant and his siblings Brianna,Tony and Ravyvonne grew up in prince george’s county,Maryland on the eastern outskirts of washington,D.C Kevin Durant was unusually tall at a young age and eventually reached 6 ft 0 while still being in middle school.
Records:
As a member of the U.S olympic basketball team kevin durant has won three gold medals in the 2000s from 2012,2016,2020 and is the leading scorer of the U.S.A’s olympic basketball team. He also won gold at the 2010 fiba world cup. Fun fact Durant has played 9 games with 50+ points to his name,also Durant’s highest points per game is 32.0 point per game,surprisingly Kevin Durant has only 2 rings which you get from winning a championship. Although Durant might be skinny he still is known for his height currently standing at the height of 6 ft 11 (2.11m).
Conclusion:
In Conclusion here is a famous motivational quote from Kevin Durant himself,Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. By Kevin Durant himself.
Task Description:
Last week we were given a specific time to choose an Olympian in any sport,like for example I chose Kevin Durant that is currently playing for the 2024 USA Olympics basketball team. the reason why I chose him was because he is one of my favourite NBA players and the things I chose to write about him was what his childhood was like and is there any records that he has broken or has to this day and lastly one of his quotes that he has said and inspired me to always reach my goals and dreams, the quote goes like this. (hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.