[Brown:] Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant NBA's Most Valuable Player of the Year, but didn't accept his trophy without leaving one woman in particular in tears. She wasn't the only one. His mother, right here you see her, overwhelmed with emotion last night as her son, Kevin, gave her what may be the most memorable Mother's Day gift of her life, thanking her for years of sacrifice for him and his brother and told the world she's the real MVP.
[Durant:] And, last, my mom. I don't think you know what you did. You had my brother when you were 18-years-old. Three years later I came out. The odds were stacked against us, single parent with two boys by the time you were 21-years-old. We weren't supposed to be here. You made us believe. You kept us off the street, put clothes on our backs, food on the table. When you didn't eat, you made sure we ate. You went to sleep hungry, you sacrificed for us and you're the real MVP.
[Brown:] Wanda Pratt joins me now from Oklahoma City. Wanda, I was watching you as your son spoke there again, and it looks like you were getting choked up listening to him. I can't imagine how that must have felt. Even for me watching it, I was overcome with emotion. Tell me what that was like to hear those heartfelt words from your son.
[Wanda Pratt, Kevin Durant's Mother:] It was overwhelming. The thing that resonated is that I remember exactly what he's talking about, and it was really heartwarming that he remembered. And I didn't know that it was a part of him never giving up. I was not expecting to be honored in the manner in which he did, so it was all very surprising to me.
[Brwon:] So you said you were surprised when he talked about that everyone said we weren't supposed to be here. He talked about that moment and the apartment when there was no furniture, you were all huddled together holding each other. Had you ever talked about that before? What did he mean by that?
[Pratt:] No. It was the first apartment that I had as a single mom. We shared a home with my mother, and my mother had encouraged me and pushed me in telling me it was time for me to stand on my own with my children. And I was afraid at that time. And there that was the first apartment that we had. All of our belongings hadn't been brought into the home yet, but I had taken the boys there so that they could see that this is where we were going to be staying and this was our new home. We just sat there and kind of held each other and they were really excited about it, just as I was.
[Brown:] Wow. And then when Kevin got drafted, Wanda, what did that mean for you?
[Pratt:] It meant that all of the hard work that he had put in really paid off, and he was living out his dreams and I knew that he had worked really hard. He had worked literally from age 8 or 9 to get to that point, and it paid off for him. I was really happy that he was able to live out his dreams.
[Brown:] He made it clear, Wanda, you were instrumental in his success. Were you aware of that? Did you know how big of an impact you had on your son?
[Pratt:] No, I did not. I've always known excuse me that my sons love me, but I didn't know that it was such a part of his foundation of who he become as a man. I tried to instill the best that I could and it seemed that it did resonate with him, so I'm really grateful for that. But it was a surprise to me.
[Brown:] And it's incredible when he talked about the fact you were 18 when you had your first son, 21 when you had him. I can't imagine how difficult it was for you being a young, single working mother. What was that like for you, raising Kevin Durant, a huge NBA star. What was that like?
[Pratt:] It was in the early years it was really scary. But I'm thankful for my mom because she did, she pushed me and knew I had to stand before my children in a manner in which I could be honored and respected, so I accepted the challenge. I knew that they depended upon me. I knew that they looked to me for all of the answers. They looked to me for
[Brown:] Wanda Pratt we have I hate to interrupt you. We have to go to the next hour, but we commend you. We commend all the other hard, single working moms out there.