Quotes About Drafted

I feel like the Knicks drafted me because they knew what I could do.

Kobe Bryant has always been my favorite player, and he was drafted No. 13, too, in 1996.

I was drafted during the Korean War.

I made hats until I went into the Army. I was drafted during the Korean War.

Lucas is my oldest brother who stopped beating me up a year and a half ago when the United States Army drafted him to beat up Vietcong instead

I can't believe how fast 20 years went by. I mean, this is crazy ... To be standing here, standing on the court with my teammates behind me, and appreciate this journey that we've been along... I grew up a die-hard--I mean it--a die-hard Laker fan. Die-hard. I mean, I knew everything about every player that had played here. So, to be drafted, and then traded to this organization, and to spend 20 years here, I mean, you can't write something better than this.

That's your dream, to play professional baseball. When you get the opportunity like that, getting drafted - especially by Oakland, a California team, pretty close to home - it was tempting. At the time, I just didn't think I was ready or mature enough mentally or physically to start pro ball.

I was drafted way later than I should have been, and all that shows me is people don't see my true value.

Despite everything, I love Miami. I love the people. I'm grateful this organization drafted me, and I think people should know that.

If I came in with the mindset of just being happy that I got drafted and just to settle for a backup job, that wouldn't be myself.

Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid war on the other side of the world

I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted.

But I got drafted out of high school, and my mother wasn't having it. She was like, you're not about to think that you can just play ball, because if you get hurt, you're going to be out of luck.

Being drafted 13 definitely motivates me, but I love where I was drafted, I love the opportunity I was drafted into. But the 12 guys ahead of me are in the back of my head all the time.

It's hard to speculate, but it was tough when coach Paul Westphal drafted me and wanted me there and then got fired two weeks into my rookie year.

I really wanted to get drafted by the Knicks, and it was a dream come true. I wasn't even hearing the boos that night. I was just having a special moment with my family, hugging them.

That's a special time, to get drafted.

was drafted as a shortstop right out of high school by the Giants and sent to their double-A team in Richmond, Virginia, the Flying Squirrels, which is where I got my nickname—the squirrel—

My whole career, I've been an underdog, I've been underestimated. Therefore, I've had a chip on my shoulder my entire career. Being drafted in the second round when you think you're supposed to be in the first round, a lottery pick, the chip grows bigger. And you have more to prove.

It was amazing, really a dream come true, to not only get drafted by the Heat, but then also to be here with Pat Riley and the rest of the coaching staff.

I was just 18 years old, excited about being drafted to the N.B.A. I felt like all of Houston was watching me. My high school was watching me. I think they had a draft party at my coach's house. I'll never forget that day, being in the green room with my family and my agent.

When I got the call of being drafted by the Devils, I was in shock more than anything. I didn't have a clue where New Jersey was, but it was just nice to be taken in the first round and nice to know where my future would be, which organization I was going to be a part of.

The special-counsel regulations were drafted at a unique historical moment. We were approaching the end of President Bill Clinton's second term, and no one knew who would be elected president the next year.

It's a big step to be drafted. Ultimately, it's everybody's dream. That's where you start thinking about making the team, maybe about winning the Stanley Cup.