John Stockton Quotes

John Stockton

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 26, 1962

Usually for the last play, everyone goes helter-skelter. They go to the wrong spots. They don't do the right thing.

John Stockton

The West is tough. Great teams. Great records, top to bottom.

John Stockton

I think I laid it all out there for 19 years, and you don't always achieve all the goals that you shoot for.

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Mostly, I go in the weight room and visit.

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The game's a beautiful game when five guys go out there and give something of themselves so that you can win.

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I was just lucky to have a uniform.

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I don't go home to parades.

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I want my kids to have a life like I did growing up. The greatest gift I was given in life was from my parents. Though I can't match them, I'd like to be that kind of parent.

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I think records are irrelevant, but I'm being approached about it all the time. If I could avoid it, that would be great.

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I don't care if people even discuss what I did. But if anyone is ever sitting around the kitchen table talking about my career, I hope they say they enjoyed watching me play. That's good enough.

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It's always in a cycle. One set of plays will work really well for a time, and then defenses figure it out, and you go to something else.

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I guess I'd rather be comfortable and play well because I'm comfortable than to get recognition and play someplace where I wouldn't be comfortable and wouldn't enjoy myself.

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Just because everybody else does something isn't a good enough reason to do anything.

John Stockton

You can't afford to hop around and act like a kid when you have to get back on defense and worry about the other parts of the game. But at the end, when the buzzer sounds, you have the luxury of hopping around and looking foolish for a while.

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If you start chasing around trying to get steals for your own benefit, then you really put your defense at a disadvantage. It's not a big thing for me; if it happens, great.

John Stockton

With kids and all the other activities around the house, I'm finding it harder to give my full attention to basketball.

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I don't think about the record, because winning games has to be our focus, and if we lost focus thinking about that record, I would really regret it. How will I feel later on? People tell me it will mean a lot after I retire, for the kids and me. But to me, it's just a stat. It's something people enjoy talking about. Me? I just enjoy playing.

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I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.

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I was always the kid dribbling the ball on the sidelines, hoping someone would pick me. I'd go with my older brother to the gym or park, and when I went out there, I'd pass the ball so I could get picked again.

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It's not win or die at my house. We're all competitive, but it's not the type to get stressed out by it.

John Stockton