北京时间5月6日晚间，NBA联盟正式宣布，雷霆队的凯文-杜兰特当选了2013-14赛季的MVP，这是他职业生涯首次获此殊荣。

在颁奖仪式上，这位新科MVP在演讲时几乎从头哭到尾，其间数度哽咽，不仅感谢了所有支持他的人，更感谢了自己生命中最重要的人——母亲旺达·杜兰特。在他看来，这位21岁就成为单身母亲，依靠一份邮差的工作供养两个孩子，呵护儿子篮球梦想的母亲，才是真正的MVP。

Best lines from Durant's speech:

On his upbringing: “I come from a small county outside Washington D.C., called PG County. Me, my mom and my brother moved so many different places growing up. It felt like a box, it felt like there was no getting out. My dream was to become a rec league coach. That’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to stay home and help the kids out.”

On his younger teammates: “I can’t forget about my young guys. We had a group text after Game 5, and I forgot to put my young guys in there, and they felt some type of way about it.”

On Thunder’s coaches: “I know there’s days you look at that film and want to kill me. Not playing defense, taking bad shots, getting too many techs. But you always believe that I can be the guy, through the tough times, you guys never left my side.”

On his mother: “One my best memories I have is when we moved into our first apartment. No bed, no furniture, we all just sat in the living room and just hugged each other. We thought we made it. … You wake me up in the middle of the night in the summertime, making me run up a hill, making me do push-ups. Screaming at me from the sidelines of my games at eight or nine years old … When you didn’t eat, you made sure we ate. You went to sleep hungry. You sacrificed for us. You’re the real MVP.