ONLY ON GMA: Wanda Durant on guiding her son Kevin to greatness

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Monday, June 19, 2017
ONLY ON GMA: Wanda Durant on guiding Kevin to greatness
Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant celebrated with his mother, Wanda Durant, moments after he helped his team win the NBA championship. It was truly a lifelong dream come true for both of them.

NEW YORK (KGO) -- Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant celebrated with his mother, Wanda Durant, moments after he helped his team win the NBA championship. It was truly a lifelong dream come true for both of them.

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"I felt fulfilled as a mom," Durant said today on "Good Morning America" about the winning moment. "When he gave the speech and he talked about me in the speech ... I felt like he got, he understood why I was the type of mother that I was."

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She said that raising her two sons had its challenges.

"There were several times I wanted to quit, but the look in their eyes was what kept me going ... no matter how hard it was I just couldn't be a quitter for them," she said.

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Wanda said she did her best to stay engaged as a single mother and demand the best from her two sons.

"I just taught him how to go beyond what was required and dig deeper."

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