John Stockton Quotes

John Stockton

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 26, 1962

Essentially, when you join a team, you're making a commitment to your team. You can't take that lightly.

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I think everybody should have the attitude that you can't allow yourself to be hurt. You avoid a lot just with that attitude.

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Struggles are what made everything worth while.

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I'm a bartender's son. Some things you never forget.

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Magic is the man. No one is in his class.

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Why was I able to be able to pass? What did I do right that allowed me to make a pass - any given pass? There's balance; there's vision.

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To be a great player and a great scorer, you have to find ways to get yourself open and get shots off. It's a dog fight.

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Sometimes you're your own worst critic.

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I don't think you ever hear anybody shoot the last shot and say they didn't think it was in.

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I think there are a lot of ways to play the PG position. Scoring first is a way that works for them and their teams. I personally like to watch PGs that like to work for others.

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If I pass the ball to Karl Malone, he still has to make the shot, or nothing has happened.

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I've been lucky to have great coaching, great teammates, and a desire to keep getting better. That, slowly over time, helped me grow from an average high school player to the NBA.

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I think I've preserved most of my private life, and I think that's still important for me, and that's still important for my family.

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I have a great respect for people that write. I don't know how they do it every day... or do novels that they have to use their minds instead of just their memories. It's tough duty.

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I know my first years sitting on the bench, largely behind Rickey Green, was a great learning tool for me.

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My brother thundered me in everything most of my life. He was a great carrot out in front of me. All I wanted to do, ever, was beat him at anything.

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When you're younger, you might make some shots you're not normally capable of, because you're more fluid, maybe stronger, maybe faster. As you get older, you learn not to take those crazy shots.

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I don't like to give in to injuries. I don't like to use them as excuses. Everybody has them.

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I have an ego like everyone else. I want to be recognized as a good ballplayer.

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I don't crush the kids. But I do want them to know that they have to earn what they get. I'm not like Jimmy Piersall's dad or anything. I mean, I tell them I'm happy if they just do the best they can. My parents were that way with me.

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