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His tribute to his mom was something special - Here's a short highlight (git yer hankie out)
11 posted on 05/07/2014 3:10:41 PM PDT by Baynative (How much longer will the media be able to prop up this administration?)
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"The 25-year-old Oklahoma City Thunder power forward received his first MVP Award, and his acceptance speech tugged at heartstrings from the beginning—especially since Durant was teary-eyed for the entire thing—but it was his heartfelt tribute to his mother, Wanda Pratt, that was truly touching.

"I don't think you know what you did. You had my brother when you were 18 years old," Durant says (around the 23:00 mark). "Three years later, I came out. The odds were stacked against us. Single parent with two boys by the time you were 21 years old."

He continued, "Everybody told us we weren't supposed to be here. We moved from apartment to apartment by ourselves. One of the best memories I have is when we moved into our first apartment. No bed, no furniture, and we just all sat in the living room and hugged each other because we thought we made it.

"When something good happens to you, I don't know about you guys, but I tend to look back to what brought me here. You woke me up in the middle of the night in the summertimes. Making me run up a hill. Making me do push-ups. Screaming at me from the sidelines at my games at 8 or 9 years old.

"We weren't supposed to be here. You made us believe. You kept us off the street, put clothes on our backs, food on the table. When you didn't eat, you made sure we ate. You went to sleep hungry. You sacrificed for us. You're the real MVP."

12 posted on 05/07/2014 3:13:27 PM PDT by Baynative (How much longer will the media be able to prop up this administration?)
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