Quotes from John Stockton

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.

I don't go home to parades.

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.'

If I could turn into my old coaches, or my parents, then I'd consider that a definite plus.

I don't judge my performance on how many assists I have or how many points I have.

I never felt I was better than anybody, but I always felt I could compete with anybody.

Once I came to Salt Lake City, I didn't want to go anywhere else. It was home sweet home for me.

Sometimes you're your own worst critic.

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.

Mostly, I go in the weight room and visit.

I was thinking back when Karl Malone and I, when one of us would be in the weight room early in the morning, and the other one wasn't there, the first comment to the other person would be, 'It's mighty lonely up here.'

I'm not much of a numbers guy, and yet that's the way I'm defined a lot.

I've been lucky to have great coaching, great teammates, and a desire to keep getting better. That, slowly over time, helped me grow from an average high school player to the NBA.

I think I've preserved most of my private life, and I think that's still important for me, and that's still important for my family.

I just always believed that all comments are better face-to-face, whether they're derogatory or whether they're not.

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

I never consciously thought about going all the way through the 'Gonzaga farm system,' but that's the way it happened.

You never think about being wide open. I don't know if I can describe the feeling. Tremendous.

If you think you're doing everything right, then you have a tendency to stand pat.

I'm not a cerebral player. When I'm out on the floor, I try to play.

I had been told I might be drafted in the fourth round. 'Great,' I said at the time.

My brother thundered me in everything most of my life. He was a great carrot out in front of me. All I wanted to do, ever, was beat him at anything.

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

I haven't played quarterback since eighth or ninth grade. I didn't see it get much attention when I completed a pass then.