Devon Cajuste Quotes

I didn't decide on what college I was going to go to until the day I had to.

People would ask what college are you going to, and I'd say, 'San Diego State.' And they'd say, 'Why?'

Finding out whether I had made the grades for my first choice university course or whether I needed to rethink my future was terrifying.

However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.

I applied to Yale, and I got in.

By now everyone knows that I picked Kentucky, and I am definitely happy with my decision and that it's all finally over.

I don't think I could have thought of any place other than Stanford to leave Harvard for.

Before high school ended, I started applying to college. It really wasn't even a choice because of the brainwashing of my parents.

I got accepted at Yale but never went.

It was always like there was no doubt in anybody's mind that I was going to UCLA, so once UCLA started recruiting me, everybody started pushing me there.

I chose Stanford for Stanford and not for the coach. I was going to Stanford regardless.

Then you've got Georgetown, and I really just like everything about them. When I went down there with my mom, it really opened my eyes to what they were all about. I have to factor in what a school like that can do for me, even away from being a basketball player.

How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Yale or will instead end up at her third or fourth or fifth choice? Probably much less than you think.

I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and the woman asked, 'Why do you want to go here?' And I took out all of my comedy writing samples that I had done. I couldn't have been more delusional in terms of what I thought they wanted in a candidate for college.

I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.

When I first went to college, I went to Western Michigan. I had been rejected by a bunch of schools for theater. I was like, 'I'm obviously not cut out for this, so I might as well just go into film.'

When I was 18, I applied to go to BYU like my six brothers ahead of me - I have eight boys and one girl in my family.

My college options were nil.

I haven't had a chance to pick where I wanted to play since 2007 when I chose to go to Michigan State.

I want that three quad program! That's what's going to set me apart in the U.S.

I actually didn't know anything about Stanford. It was the only school I really did a lot of research on.

My second choice would've been Carolina. And when I told my mother I was going to Duke and not Carolina, she just cried, and that made my decision process a little harder. But I still went with what felt right, and it ended up working out well for me.

I made three visits during my senior year of high school to Duke, UNC, and Virginia. If I hadn't gone to Duke, I would have went to Carolina, just like a lot of Carolina players who, had they not gone there, would have went to Duke.

I'm really considering all the schools. It's not fair for me to only look at certain... programs just because they had players that are at my stature.

I went to Stanford.