I wasn't drafted high.

I think everyone wants to get drafted as high as they can. That's the way I look at it as well.

— Auston Matthews

I wasn't drafted. I was just playing really good basketball, enjoying playing basketball with my national team and never really thought: 'I have to…

— Jose Calderon

I came out of high school, I wasn't the top-rated quarterback, came out of college, I wasn't drafted first.

— Geno Smith

Coach Morris wasn't too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high expectations for me. I still…

— Gaines Adams

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

— David Cone

You want to come in and prove yourself early. Obviously, it is a responsibility being drafted that high to come in and play well…

— A. J. Hawk

Because I was drafted high, I got the reputation of being conceited, like I'm too good for this person or that person.

— Trevor Bauer

You want to be drafted high, but to be drafted high into an organization like the Kansas City Chiefs, it's like a dream to…

— Patrick Mahomes

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…

— Shemar Moore

You think about when I went to Miami. I played as a freshman, I go in and compete to be a starter, I tear…

— Frank Gore

Listen, we've drafted guys that wouldn't come in for workouts before. It's not the end of the world.

— Danny Ainge

To me, it was so exciting that after just a short time of being on my own in NXT, I proved that I could…

— Carmella

I got drafted in the first round of the NFL, that's pressure enough.

— Brady Quinn

I never thought I'd get drafted, let alone make the big leagues.

— Patrick Corbin

Some guys, when they get drafted, they only think about themselves. They go buy cars and houses. I just wanted to take care of…

— Bam Adebayo