88 Quotes by John Stockton

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

Mostly, I go in the weight room and visit.

I don't go home to parades.

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.

I guess I'd rather be comfortable and play well because I'm comfortable than to get recognition and play someplace where I wouldn't be comfortable and wouldn't enjoy myself.

You can't afford to hop around and act like a kid when you have to get back on defense and worry about the other parts of the game. But at the end, when the buzzer sounds, you have the luxury of hopping around and looking foolish for a while.

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.

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

I don't think about the record, because winning games has to be our focus, and if we lost focus thinking about that record, I would really regret it. How will I feel later on? People tell me it will mean a lot after I retire, for the kids and me. But to me, it's just a stat. It's something people enjoy talking about. Me? I just enjoy playing.