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Kevin Garnett

(1976) Basketball Player

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Kevin Garnett is a basketball player, best known for KG : A to Z.

Quick Facts About Kevin Garnett

Born: May 19, 1976
Profession: Basketball Player
Notable works: KG : A to Z

About Kevin Garnett

Kevin Maurice Garnett, commonly known by his initials KG, is an American former professional basketball player who played 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Big Ticket", Garnett is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time, known for his intensity, versatility, and defensive ability. As of 2026, he is one of five NBA players to have won both the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Kevin Garnett

Playing video games is something I enjoy in my spare time. I'm a gamer, always have been.

Enjoy

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I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know.

Flash

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I'm like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. If I'm not ready, the sled isn't going to go.

Basketball

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This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA.

Boy scout

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I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me.

Coward

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'Modern Warfare,' 'Black Ops,' these are all the next level of video games. The people are more detailed, the fighting is more…

Black

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We have to do the impossible, but it is possible.

Impossible

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I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is…

Humans

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I'm not a star, man. If a guy came in here and shot you and shot me, we'd both be two dead…

Dead people

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The beautiful thing about when you go through a slide is that you learn from it. Not just saying that you learn…

Basketball

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The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do.…

Can do

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We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants,…

Assistants

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I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put…

Bottom

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I can't control if people like me; I can't control if people like my game.

Control

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“Anything is possible!”

Dreams

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Some of my friends snowmobile. I'm a little scared of it.

Friendship

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I'm not for the flashes; I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. I just want to win, I want to be…

Back

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I would love to see Flip get back into the league. I think he can definitely still coach in this league. I…

Basketball

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Coaching takes patience. I'm more enthused when teaching players who want it versus when I have to.

Coaching

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Too much coffee. Too much coffee and Gatorade. It's a hell of a mix. If you're ever tired in the morning, just…

Basketball

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I want to be known as the best teammate ever.

Best team

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If anybody knows me, knows that I'm a workhorse, not just on the floor, but psychologically. I meditate a lot, I like…

Balance

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I have a problem sometimes with being too hyper.

Hyper

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Sometimes when I hear commentating, it's sickening. People who never played the game, people who never played in the league have an…

Educate

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When you first come out, it's transition. You gotta find your routine, days you don't feel like doing it, you don't have…

Different

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