A certain way to be

"Unlike LeBron James, who'd grown up in the spotlight and had years to get used to an unsettling level of fame and attention, or Steph Curry, who'd grown up wealthy, in a family that passed along a measure of security and knowledge about life off the court, Durant was learning as he went.

'I wasn't no phenom growing up,' he told me. 'It was just my mom, my brother, my godfather, and my grandma. My games wasn't packed out in high school. I didn't even play at night. So this shit is all new. As it's happening, I'm experiencing it for the first time.

I wasn't taught a certain way to be growing up. I got taught right from wrong, and how to be fair. Anything else, I had to figure out.'"

 

--From GQ's recent profile of Kevin Durant. I've been watching more basketball recently, and Durant is definitely a favorite. The Warriors are very lucky to have him.

Can't argue with that


ESPN: Ever Google yourself?
Bryant: "No. Why? I know everything there is to know about me."


This whole interview with Kobe Bryant is pretty awesome, and I'm not even a huge basketball or LA Lakers fan. It's just that 17 years into his pro career he seems to have settled into being totally honest about his talent (and his corresponding huge ego) which I think always makes for a fun read.