Quotes from Donovan Mitchell

In college, I wasn't losing weight the right way. Sometimes, I would just... not eat in order to get my weight down. You can't do that in the NBA - there are too many games to do it that way.

I can say Rookie of the Year is what I want to do.

I've never been a scorer in my life.

We play with guys who don't care who scores the most, who rebounds the most... We play with guys who genuinely want to win.

I'm just trying to find ways to continue to pass and continuing to be consistent in every aspect of my game.

When you think shoot, shoot, shoot you miss open passes.

I never expected to be in the NBA, to be here, let alone to have my own shoe in my second year.

Sometimes those shots I take won't go in but I'm going to continue to take the same shots.

I feel the need to really get after a guy defensively and showing that.

I was a good athlete, a good baseball player. A great baseball player, I should say.

I've been a dunker for longer than I've been a basketball player.

Being patient is one of the big things I've focused on.

I watch a lot of Dwyane Wade. D-Wade was in the Finals his third year and he was getting to the free-throw line 10 times a game.

The biggest thing I've been working on his just finding the open man.

Just being in the NBA is crazy and also after every bucket that I make or every pass it's kind of like, 'Woah, I just did that.' It's been awesome.

I'm from New York. You walk by, you bump somebody and they give you a look. There's always an attitude.

Unfortunately, Caesar salad dressing is the worst for you.

I have so many special memories from the camps I went to when I was growing up.

I want to be MVP. I want to be a champion. There's always something that you want.

I just try to be the same kid from New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, who is just lame and watches TV and Netflix.

During the season, I'm always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.

It's one thing to make it to the NBA. It's one thing to make the playoffs your first year. It's one thing to make the playoffs your second year. But if you want to be great, you've got to continue to work.

In baseball I was pretty cocky.

I didn't want to go see mountainous areas as a kid - I wanted to be around town, around New York, around Connecticut.