Deandre Ayton Quotes

It's been a dream come true, you know, just making it to the NBA and being drafted by a great franchise like Boston.

If you know people around me, even in college, I was confident, but the possible thought of making it to the NBA was crazy.

If I'm able to get drafted by the New York Knicks, it would be a blessing.

For me, when I was in high school, that was my ultimate dream, was to make it to the NBA.

I've always wanted to make it to the NBA and be on a team, so whatever team drafts me I'm going to be happy with.

It was my dream for a long time to play in the NBA. When I was drafted, it was a challenge for me. I decided to go and see where I was compared to the best players in the world.

To be honest with you, I always thought I was going to be in the NBA.

Part of the reason why Kobe Bryant is such a big inspiration to me is because he was shipped off to the Lakers right out of high school. He went from English class to the Great Western Forum.

I was just 18 years old, excited about being drafted to the N.B.A. I felt like all of Houston was watching me. My high school was watching me. I think they had a draft party at my coach's house. I'll never forget that day, being in the green room with my family and my agent.

I want to go to the NBA and be an All-Star, to be honest with you.

I never said to myself, 'Get to the NBA, be an All-Star, make a $100 million contract.'

You never think that you're going to be in the NBA but be an All-Star as well.

I remember as a young player I had this dream of playing in the NBA.

Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to stay there.

Every time I'd ever stepped on a basketball court, AAU, middle school, high school, I always thought about the NBA.

I know I can play in the NBA, and I can be a very good player in the NBA.

I'm just playing basketball. I just want to be a great player. That's it. That's all I'm thinking about. If the other stuff comes, it comes, but I'm just fortunate to play in the NBA Finals and just to play basketball, period.

All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.

Everybody would love to be able to be great and make it to the NBA All-Star Game as a rookie. I mean, that is everybody's goal.

At first, I was thinking about just getting to the NBA, just watching the NBA, being one of the All-Stars in the NBA.

I think everybody's goal is to make the NBA. My goal is to be a star.

I'm living my dream, getting to play in the NBA, getting to play basketball.

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 professional basketball.' And I believed it. One day, I will. I believe this every day. I think about this every day. I was going to do whatever I had to do to be there. And it comes true.

I always said in my mind I wanted to be an All-Star and show four-year guys in the NBA can be good players as opposed to just one-and-done guys. If I left after my freshman year, I wouldn't have gotten drafted, I probably couldn't deal with D-League and travel on the bus.

Playing in the NBA has been a dream of mine for a long time, so to finally get to do that is amazing.