When he didn't receive any college basketball scholarships, he enrolled at a local junior college, where he finally attracted the attention of high profile colleges, and he eventually chose to attend Marquette University
His mother abandoned him when he was 13, and he spent the rest of his teenage years moving from house to house until a family with 7 children of their own took him in the summer before his senior year
While Butler was a teenager, his high school basketball coach wrote hundreds of letters to basketball coaches across the U․S․ to try to get him a place in the NBA
Was the final pick of the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft, finding a place with the Chicago Bulls
Quote: "If you win, it doesn't matter how many points you score or rebounds you grab․ If you win a championship, all that is out the window․ That's always been my job, to do whatever it takes to help this team win․"
Quote: "I'm never going to stop trying to improve on every aspect of the game because I'm not perfect in any aspect․"
Quickly became one of the most promising young talents in the Chicago Bulls