Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett
Kevin Maurice Garnettis an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. He plays the power forward and center positions. In high school, Garnett was a 1995 McDonald's All-American at Farragut Career Academy and won a national player of the year award. Garnett entered the 1995 NBA draft, where he was selected with the fifth overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves and became the first NBA player drafted directly out of high school in 20...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 May 1976
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not a star, man. If a guy came in here and shot you and shot me, we'd both be two dead people. You understand?
I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know.
I want to be known as the best teammate ever.
They're really aggressive. They're like roaches on bread - you drop some on the floor and, boom, they're on it.
I'm like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. If I'm not ready, the sled isn't going to go.
This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA.
Too much coffee. Too much coffee and Gatorade. It's a hell of a mix. If you're ever tired in the morning, just try that mix, and tell me what you think.
I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been driven by the competition and the learning process.
We have to do the impossible, but it is possible.
This is it. It's for all the marbles. I'm sitting in the house loading up the pump, I'm loading up the Uzis, I've got a couple of M-16s, couple of nines, couple of joints with some silencers on them, couple of grenades, got a missile launcher. I'm ready for war.
I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me.
They say no matter how hard you work, there's always someone, somewhere working harder then you. Guess what.. I'm that someone
At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.
I never would have imagined it being on this kind of scale,