A biography for John Stocktonhasn’t been written yet.
“I was just lucky to have a uniform.”
“The main thing I worry about with the shoes I wear is comfort. What you're comfortable wearing is what you're going to play your best in.”
“I never felt I was better than anybody, but I always felt I could compete with anybody.”
“I had little or no expectations coming in. I was thrilled when I was drafted in the first round because that meant I was going to be given a full year's chance to make the team.”
“The games can go any way. As we know in this league, you can win by 30 or lose by 30 the next night. That is just the way the league is.”
“Once I came to Salt Lake City, I didn't want to go anywhere else. It was home sweet home for me.”
“I didn't want to get caught up in the mind-set that, 'Wait a minute, I'm ahead of Magic. I better slow down.'”
“Basketball is a game of streaks. Sometimes a guy will be cold for a month and then get hot for a month.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I don't like to give in to injuries. I don't like to use them as excuses. Everybody has them.”
“I think everybody should have the attitude that you can't allow yourself to be hurt. You avoid a lot just with that attitude.”
“Magic is the man. No one is in his class.”
“You have a different personality in front of the world than you do in front of your pals at home. I like to keep them separate.”
“The game's a beautiful game when five guys go out there and give something of themselves so that you can win.”
“It's great to win, regardless of how you did it.”
“For me, the timing has been good, but I also feel very lucky to be playing in Utah. We have a good team with tremendous players who like to win.”
“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.”
“With kids and all the other activities around the house, I'm finding it harder to give my full attention to basketball.”
“My impression is that the NBA always precluded anything else.”