Top 55 Donovan Mitchell Quotes

I never expected to be in the NBA, to be here, let alone to have my own shoe in my second year.

With such a rigorous schedule, it’s important that I do everything I can to maintain my health and wellness.

I can say Rookie of the Year is what I want to do.

I’m a very, very impatient person when it comes to breaking news.

I’m the type of person that if I put it off, I’ll forget about it.

My favorite character in ‘Star Wars’ is Luke Skywalker, for sure.

I didn’t want to go see mountainous areas as a kid – I wanted to be around town, around New York, around Connecticut.

I’m able to defend. A lot of guys don’t have that willingness to defend and I think as a guard who’s undersized – that’s what everybody says; I’m undersized – I’m able to defend and willing to defend and bring that.

I know guys in the league say, ‘Oh yeah, I love X, Y, Z city.’ But man, I genuinely love Utah.

I never give myself enough credit.

I’m on a no-gummy bear or juice diet, and my body feels like it’s dying on the inside.

I feel like I lead a lot by using my voice, it’s natural for me, but I also think it’s been more by example.

I didn’t think I was going to be drafted, to be honest. I’m so serious. I mean, wholeheartedly, too. I don’t know. I didn’t realize it, probably, until about a week and a half, two weeks before the Draft.

I feel the need to really get after a guy defensively and showing that.

I’ve gotten better. I’ve added a lot to my game.

Once I got invited to the Green Room, that’s when I was like, okay, I’m first, I’m getting drafted in the first round. Because they try their best not to let guys sit in there forever.

When you take away everything else, ‘Star Wars’ is really an underdog story. Even Luke came from humble beginnings, and he ended up being one of the most powerful Jedi out there.

Just being in the NBA is crazy and also after every bucket that I make or every pass it’s kind of like, ‘Woah, I just did that.’ It’s been awesome.

You play to win a ring.

I have a tendency to freak myself out.

We’re putting Utah in a different light. I’m glad to be a part of that. We’re all glad to be a part of that. My friends want to come here. When I was a kid, that wasn’t the case. That’s where I’m trying to get Utah to. I want people to see what we have because it’s a great place.

I come from New York. It’s busy. It’s populated. It’s noisy. It’s loud.

For me to get better, I have to pick and learn from the best. It starts with that.

Everybody asks me if I’ve always been a sneakerhead. No. I was never a sneakerhead until I had the money to be a sneakerhead.

It’s not like I’m the lead actor or anything. But it’s really cool to be in a Steven Soderbergh movie.

You never know what they’re going through. Maybe they failed a test. Maybe they’re going through a state of depression. Kids go through so much.

Women have to be protected more.

I keep a small – a very, very, very small circle. It’s just me and my mom and my sister. And maybe Chris Paul.

I’ve shared doTERRA products with my coaches, chef, and especially teammates.

I was the lead recruiter at Louisville. I think I signed four or five guys before I left.

In baseball I was pretty cocky.

I want to be MVP. I want to be a champion. There’s always something that you want.

I couldn’t shoot and I couldn’t score in high school. All I could do is dunk and play defense.

My role is to go out there and help the team in any way possible.

I think that’s the biggest thing – staying humble, because the story you hear a lot of times is that guys who have success let it get to their head.

I grew up around a lot of the major leaguers, guys like David Wright, Pedro Martinez, Jose Reyes, and I think that’s what really helped me. You see the routine they get, the humility they have.

I don’t like being told what you’re good at. I’d rather hear what I didn’t do.

It’s been like that my whole life. AAU to high school to college, I’ve always responded when people get on me.

I’ve always been one to kind of, I’ve always wanted to be the guy. I watched, my favorite player growing up was LeBron. One thing I noticed with him was, it’s always on him at the end of the game.

Being patient is one of the big things I’ve focused on.

I want to play for my country and win a gold medal.

My mom raised me.

During the season, I’m always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.

I’ve been a dunker for longer than I’ve been a basketball player.

I have so many special memories from the camps I went to when I was growing up.

Growing up, my mom used essential oils in our home, so I’ve always noticed the benefits and now incorporate them in my daily routine.

In college, I wasn’t losing weight the right way. Sometimes, I would just… not eat in order to get my weight down. You can’t do that in the NBA – there are too many games to do it that way.

My teammates have had my back with every mistake, with everything I have done well.

What’s special about Salt Lake, it’s a small, tight-knit, close community.

It’s not always going to be perfect but to have your teammates have your back through the ups and downs, it means the world.

As a kid, my favorite subject was recess. Why? Because I could go play basketball.

When I was a kid, my favorite event was the Slam Dunk Contest.

I join other players in calling for all teams to take a stand. We should not be subject to hate speech or racist acts at any time, and definitely not in our arenas.

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

I watch a lot of Dwyane Wade. D-Wade was in the Finals his third year and he was getting to the free-throw line 10 times a game.