A biography for Jose Calderonhasn’t been written yet.
“You learn that the only thing you can control is being professional and staying focused. This is the NBA. There are a lot of things that you can't control.”
“It's about enjoying what you do, and that's what I try to tell everybody, 'Hey. When we wake up tomorrow, let's go hard again and let's try to do better.' That's all we can do, and that has been me all these years. I'll keep doing that until I retire.”
“I don't care about my shots or my points or my assists. It's about playing the right way, trying to get everybody involved.”
“At the end of the day, maybe I'm not like the other guys. Maybe I'm not as fast as them. I cannot jump as high as them. But it's been 11 years for me now. You just play different.”
“At 17... I went to the second division in Spain, played a lot of minutes, and we actually won that league.”
“I left my home when I was 13 years old, I was a professional at 17, and I've been playing basketball since.”
“I don't have family in Mexico. Nothing. I'm just from Spain.”
“I always say that, I never talked about the NBA, I never talked about anything because I was just playing basketball for fun. I didn't think about being a professional and I didn't even know you could be signed.”
“Find the open guy. If you're open shoot the ball. Just try to make it as easy as possible.”
“The more important thing is I wanted to show that I can play and have fun. In L.A. I couldn't because they were going in a different direction.”
“I've been in the league 12 years and I know what I do best or not do as well.”
“I played for so long with the national team. It was great but it's time for the young guys to play.”
“I know my weaknesses, and I'm always honest with myself.”
“You don't talk playoffs a few weeks before training camp.”
“Sometimes I play better. Sometimes I have a bad game. But as a team, it's not about me.”
“My 3-point shot is my best shot.”
“There are so many people who helped me during all those years in Toronto for everything. Not just about basketball, it's everything. Like life, with my family. Everything.”
“To win, you have to involve all your teammates because if not, it is too difficult. One guy, it is impossible to win something big.”
“If you've got a teammate around you, you know sometimes they're going to score, sometimes you're going to pass the ball or you won't win games - unless you're Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. And even then, they need a good team around them.”
“I think being healthy can change everything.”