A biography for Jose Calderonhasn’t been written yet.
“In the NBA you are pretty confident but you are one phone call away from being somewhere else; you've just got to be ready for everything.”
“I'm a pass-first point guard that tries to get everybody involved.”
“I have never worked in an office.”
“Sometimes you play better with some teammates than others.”
“If I'm on the bench, it's the bench. If I'm playing five or 30 minutes, I'm good.”
“That's the key - there is no secret. Just trust your teammates and play together.”
“At some point, everyone who is playing, their dream is to be in the NBA, because that's where all the best players are.”
“The NBA is getting bigger. Basketball is getting better around the world. There are more players. There are better coaches around it, so that's why there are more international players, not only Hispanic players, but from everywhere.”
“I'm a team player and that's all I worry about.”
“You have to know your role. But you need everybody to win games. You can't win by yourself - not in the NBA, not in Europe, not in Spain.”
“Chris Bosh helped a lot... and he was 'The Guy.' When you've got The Guy on your side it makes it easier.”
“My dad never really taught me anything about the game, he was never on me in the basketball aspect of life.”
“I wasn't drafted. I was just playing really good basketball, enjoying playing basketball with my national team and never really thought: 'I have to get to the NBA.'”
“I have got pictures of me sleeping on the bench when I was four years old while my dad was practicing. I used to go to practice with him all of the time and they would play until it was late. I sometimes got tired and I would be sleeping there, but it was inside so not too bad.”
“I watched zero NBA basketball growing up. It was available but it was too late and I had school.”
“At the end of the day, you're representing a team, you're representing a city, you got to go out there and play.”
“I always said I wasn't the one putting me in the starting role or playing me 35 minutes.”
“If we're sharing the ball and you pass the ball first, your teammate is going to pass it to you.”
“When guys work and they put the time in, it's always good to see them have success.”
“I just want to be myself, just be healthy and play basketball.”