Zion Williamson

“When I was a little kid, I looked at my mom, stepdad and said, 'I want to be an NBA player,' just because I love to play the game of basketball like 24/7.”

“I love Duke. Wish I could've stayed a second year, but I had other things to do.”

“That's why I play basketball. To play a lot of minutes, and to help my team win.”

“People tell me I'm not supposed to do the things that I do at my size. I just take it as a blessing.”

“My mom sacrificed a lot for me.”

“When I play Migos when I'm in the gym I'm guaranteed to go hard!”

“Once I feel like I know my teammates, know where everybody is going to be, being a basketball player will allow me to attack from anywhere on the court, get better shots and facilitate.”

“When I was like nine or 10, my stepfather and my mother would just say 'if you want to be one of the greatest, you've got to work when nobody's working,' so I'd get up at 5:30 A.M. and head to the outdoor court and play.”

“I do whatever the team needs to do on offense or defense, whatever it is to win. And I'm a competitor.”

“It would be a huge honor, knowing that a team would take me No. 1. You can't dream this any better than that. Every kid dreams about being the No. 1 pick. If I have the honor, it would be a huge honor, something I can't even put into words.”

“It's part of the reason I went to Duke. Coach K came to me. He saw everything but the dunks. He was like, 'It's a dunk. It's two points. Who cares?' He saw every other part of my game that I wanted the world to see.”

“I don't play basketball for the money; it was the last thing I thought of when I was a little kid.”

“I love it when coaches don't talk about which position they see me at. When they just refer to me as a basketball player and talk about all of the different positions they can see me playing in, I definitely listen more.”

“You know, times change. That's why there are so many debates about who people think the greatest players of all time are.”

“The atmosphere at Duke is just unbelievable. When people say that you can feel the vibrations in the gym it's not a lie.”

“You may go through a lot of good times, you may go through a lot of bad times, you just have to try to prepare yourself as best as you can, and for me, that's just sticking with my family.”

“I could never go anywhere without people going, 'Are you Zion?'”

“Just to be able to play one minute in an NBA game, I'm grateful for that.”

“I just look to be myself. I'm not trying to be nobody. I'm just trying to be the first Zion.”

“Eleventh grade is when I grew into my body. My athleticism and speed took off.”