A biography for Donovan Mitchellhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I've never been a scorer in my life.”
“I hope all the kids out there who don't like listening to their mothers, who yell and scream at them, that moms are always right just so you guys know.”
“When you have All-Stars telling you that you could be really good in this league, I think that's going to raise your level.”
“It's one thing to make it to the NBA. It's one thing to make the playoffs your first year. It's one thing to make the playoffs your second year. But if you want to be great, you've got to continue to work.”
“Determination Over Negativity is a belief that anything is possible no matter who you are or where you come from.”
“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.”
“Sometimes those shots I take won't go in but I'm going to continue to take the same shots.”
“I'm the type of person that if I put it off, I'll forget about it.”
“I was the lead recruiter at Louisville. I think I signed four or five guys before I left.”
“What's special about Salt Lake, it's a small, tight-knit, close community.”
“I was never able to be a part of U.S.A. Basketball in high school or college. So for me, it's a privilege.”
“I just try to be the same kid from New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, who is just lame and watches TV and Netflix.”
“There are shoes in my closet that people would go crazy over. That's where my giving back comes in. I might never wear these shoes, but some kids would go crazy for them.”
“I feel the need to really get after a guy defensively and showing that.”
“I never expected to be in the NBA, to be here, let alone to have my own shoe in my second year.”
“We play with guys who don't care who scores the most, who rebounds the most... We play with guys who genuinely want to win.”
“I come from New York. It's busy. It's populated. It's noisy. It's loud.”
“My role is to go out there and help the team in any way possible.”
“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.”