Basketball Quote by Jose Calderon

I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.

— Julius Erving

I remember on draft night, I just wanted to be picked in the NBA.

— Luka Doncic

I had friends around campus and great teammates. I didn't want to leave. I didn't expect to be regarded and scouted as such a…

— Chris Bosh

I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.

— Louis Gossett, Jr

Obviously, getting drafted into the NBA is an amazing feeling. So I was happy regardless of who drafted me.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

I didn't know there was an NBA draft. But in my mind, I was always telling myself, one day, 'I'm going to be in…

— Serge Ibaka

It had been a long journey for me just to get drafted. I had to work very hard as a collegiate player just to…

— Scottie Pippen

My senior year in high school I knew was going to be drafted into the NBA.

— Derrick Favors

I didn't think I was going to get drafted at all.

— Johnny Gaudreau

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

— Patrick Corbin

It was even hard to imagine I was going to play in the NBA, because so many guys playing in Europe are not even…

— Ivica Zubac

I wasn't drafted high.

— Danny Green