Basketball Quote by Julius Erving

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

— Louis Gossett, Jr

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 felt like I was chosen to play basketball when I was younger.

— Chris Bosh

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

— Derrick Favors

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

— Luka Doncic

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

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

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

The Bucks and John Hammond chose me in the draft, got me in the NBA, kept me in the team with a role from…

— Giannis Antetokounmpo

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

I was very lucky to get drafted into the situation I came into. I could have gone somewhere where other guys would resent me…

— Julio Jones

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

— Johnny Gaudreau