Kevin Durant who now seems like he has it all had a hard life growing up as a child. Growing up, Kevin Durant struggled and he was somewhat poor. His family only had a limited amount of meals, and on some nights his mother was not able to eat at all. They also moved place to place due to struggling. Growing up Kevin Durant's life was hard, his mom was a single parent of two, she struggled in many ways and forms. In a speech Kevin Durant was speaking he stated, ¨ It was so clear to me at a young age that if you didn’t get up every day and work till it was dark, you weren’t eating. So working hard and never cutting corners wasn’t even a question for me because we were starving.¨(Barrett 5). This statement that Durant made expresses how his …show more content…
In the passage it states, ¨His grandmother, Barbara, was a strong influence, telling him that his height was a blessing, even though schoolmates teased him for always being the tallest in class¨(Biography 3 ). This expresses how his grandmother is keeping his head held high by letting him know he does not have to worry about his height, because it will one day become a blessing on the court. Through everything that Kevin Durant went through, it caused him to be successful and encouraging today. Life today for Kevin Durant is a big success and all the hard work has paid off.¨ Kevin Durant is now a NBA player for the Golden state warriors and he helps communities and children all around the world¨(Barrett 17). This textual evidence it shows how through everything that Kevin Durant has been through it caused him to become far in life and be successful. Kevin Durant not only has had a big impact on himself, but on the lives of others. Shows how through never giving up through your struggle and what you go through can allow you to become