Amount Quote by Mike Piazza

I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in…

— Bo Jackson

Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, 'You're never going to make it.' I appreciated their…

— Mike Piazza

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

— Patrick Corbin

I wasn't ready to get drafted in the first round.

— Martin Brodeur

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 figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never…

— Dwight Gooden

I did not plan on getting drafted in the first round.

— Sony Michel

I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

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 expected to get drafted. I knew that I wouldn't get drafted on that first day due to the fact that not a lot…

— Nick Ferguson

I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had…

— Adam Oates