Hard Quote by Scottie Pippen

I just wanted to be drafted by whoever wanted me and wherever I had an opportunity to go and be successful.

— Mark Ingram II

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

In college, playing the two guard, I found a way to get drafted.

— Eric Bledsoe

I came out throughout the whole summer after I was drafted and worked extremely hard.

— Jerami Grant

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

— Julius Erving

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

— Patrick Corbin

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

— Derrick Favors

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

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 was drafted by the New Orleans Saints, and quite frankly, I got worn out playing football. I got tired of it. With wrestling,…

— Paul Orndorff