Quotes from John Stockton

I think records are irrelevant, but I'm being approached about it all the time. If I could avoid it, that would be great.

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.

Essentially, when you join a team, you're making a commitment to your team. You can't take that lightly.

If I pass the ball to Karl Malone, he still has to make the shot, or nothing has happened.

I don't care if people even discuss what I did. But if anyone is ever sitting around the kitchen table talking about my career, I hope they say they enjoyed watching me play. That's good enough.

I think I laid it all out there for 19 years, and you don't always achieve all the goals that you shoot for.

I'm a bartender's son. Some things you never forget.

Basketball is a game of streaks. Sometimes a guy will be cold for a month and then get hot for a month.

I've benefited from great coaches my whole life, starting in sixth grade. To be able to pass that on is a neat experience for me.

I was just lucky to have a uniform.

If you start chasing around trying to get steals for your own benefit, then you really put your defense at a disadvantage. It's not a big thing for me; if it happens, great.

When you're younger, you might make some shots you're not normally capable of, because you're more fluid, maybe stronger, maybe faster. As you get older, you learn not to take those crazy shots.

All I know is the same lessons you need to learn at Little League basketball, you need to learn at the upper levels. It's the little things you learn when you're little that apply in college.

It's quite an honor to be selected to represent my country in the Olympics.

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.

Struggles are what made everything worth while.

I really don't look at my accomplishments. I really don't think about myself much.

With kids and all the other activities around the house, I'm finding it harder to give my full attention to basketball.

You can find advantages to being small.

I've played games where I thought I played one of my better games, and statistically, there's nothing there, and vice versa. I've never based how I feel about my performance on stats.

I just play. I'm not one to think about it. If I get one assist and we win, that's great. Otherwise, I could care less.

Just because everybody else does something isn't a good enough reason to do anything.

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.