A biography for De'Aaron Foxhasn’t been written yet.
“I just go to the beat of my own drum.”
“I live for the big moment.”
“It's always bigger than basketball. This game can change a life. You see the smile on the kid's face - it literally can change that kid's whole life around. And it's kind of contagious. You see someone smiling like that, and you kind of want to be as happy as they are.”
“I can be a playmaker on both ends.”
“You gotta be one of those guys that people don't want to play against - and those are the guys that people want to play with.”
“I don't think I've ever been doing one thing at a time. The only time I'm doing one thing at a time is when I'm playing basketball.”
“Ever since I was younger, I've always wanted to go to the combine. It's a part of the draft process so I've always pictured myself going. Some guys don't go but for me, I just wanted to be there.”
“I'm playing basketball in real life, I don't want to go home and see myself playing virtually as well.”
“The way I move is so much different than everybody else.”
“If your best player is down there getting beat up and at times he doesn't say anything, he gets back, then everybody else knows that if something happens to them, then you need to get back on defense.”
“If you're acting like a teenager in basically a grown man's world, it's tough to survive.”
“Some people are so stressed out about where they're going to get drafted or where they're going to have to move to. I'm open to live anywhere in the country.”
“I'm confident in my shot. So if someone is worried about it, that's on them.”
“The work schedule my Mom had just made me want to work harder.”
“When I'm making jump shots, it opens the game up for myself and others.”
“When you're an athlete who has any notoriety and you make a major change, it's going to circulate and people are going to speculate.”
“Kobe's legacy is going to be remembered as someone who obviously worked hard, the way he carried himself.”
“You can do all of the conditioning that you want, it's not the same as playing basketball.”
“It builds confidence; day after day, game after game, when you're winning a game in a playoff series, it builds up your confidence.”
“I love being here in Sacramento. The fan interactions, it's kind of like being at Kentucky.”