John Stockton Quotes

I just want to contribute to my team and earn the trust and do everything they need from me.

When you're on a good team, you just want to do your part and know that they trust you.

I love my teammates. I'm never going to try and let them down.

Having your teammates' backs - that's what I feel being a leader is.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

I wanted to trust in my partners and the directors and producers and do the best I can to deliver what I could deliver.

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

We need everyone, every game. So I'm not going to put myself in the position to hurt my team or my teammates.

I will do what my team wants me to do and justify my place in the side.

I trust my teammates and their ability to be there when they have to be there. I'm going to be there when I have to be there for them.

For us to be a really good team, everyone has to guard.

You grow year after year with responsibility, and for me, it's not important who has the armband but that everyone on the pitch gives the right signals.

I just wanted to work, build a relationship with my teammates, and earn their trust.

You work all season to earn the trust of your teammates and the coaching staff.

If the players understand and accept that their leader is steering their direction through thoughtful, careful measures, then they will pull together to give the best effort every time.

I want my teammates to know I have their backs.

We have to back each other up no matter what. Defense, you have to do your job, and offense has to do theirs.

Winning our fans' approval will come from all of us doing the right things for the right reasons, me included.

I think you have a responsibility to the people you're making movies with, and I take that very seriously. I don't want to let up and I don't want to let down.

One has to be available, very much available, and ready to protect the interests of his colleagues.

I want to come and help the team. That's always been the same for me wherever I have played.

It's a business with the coaches. It's a business with the front office. So I don't get too tied up if I'm appreciated by them. Because at the end of the day, my teammates are who I play for.

Who I am is a guy who's going to do whatever the team needs.

Everyone has an affection for the club where you played in your youth; that's normal. But loyalty to it? Loyalty is staying at the club. Affection is different. The important thing is that when you're there, you give it your all, respect the rules and respect the club, and try to be the best you can be. That's fair enough.

Whoever I suit up for... I'm going to do my job.