Quotes from Jose Calderon

I never liked to be the one who did all the scoring, things like that.

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.

Sometimes I play better. Sometimes I have a bad game. But as a team, it's not about me.

If I'm on the bench, it's the bench. If I'm playing five or 30 minutes, I'm good.

I think nobody should rash things and try to find the successor of Kobe Bryant.

Chris Bosh helped a lot... and he was 'The Guy.' When you've got The Guy on your side it makes it easier.

I just want to be myself, just be healthy and play basketball.

When you're with a team and you're comfortable there, everything seems O.K. You play a lot of minutes. You make the playoffs. You don't miss practice - all of that stuff. So when you leave for the summer, you're like, 'See you next year!' You expect maybe some changes, but nothing involving you.

You don't talk playoffs a few weeks before training camp.

I play a certain way and played like that for a while. Maybe you want a point guard to shoot 20 times, I like more to pass the ball and do my job running the team.

I'll try to help everybody. That's what I try to do as a point guard.

In Europe, everybody does that. Every team goes looking the exact same way every time to play. Depending what is your team, you can go all with the same sweats, you can go all with the same suits, but usually everybody dresses to travel the same.

I know my weaknesses, and I'm always honest with myself.

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.

There is pressure on me, but I welcome it.

I know Detroit has tried to trade for me for a while so I'm really happy to be in a situation with a team that really wants you.

I feel like a coach when I'm on the court. I just see basketball as a team sport.

If we're sharing the ball and you pass the ball first, your teammate is going to pass it to you.

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.

That's the key - there is no secret. Just trust your teammates and play together.

I can shoot the ball. I can make everybody comfortable out there, and I'm just going to try to help my teammates play better basketball if possible.

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.

Sometimes you play better with some teammates than others.

I just try to compete. That's all. There's gonna be faster guys, stronger guys, but you just gotta give effort.