John Stockton Quotes

I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last in the draft wants to go No. 1. But I just know that whoever picks me, I'm going to be excited to play for that team, and I can't wait to see myself in 'Madden' on that team.

That's a special time, to get drafted.

You want to be in the first round. That's the dream. That's what you see on draft night.

I expected to get drafted. I knew that I wouldn't get drafted on that first day due to the fact that not a lot of people had the opportunity to see me play much.

I wanted to be the Number 1 overall pick.

I wasn't ready to get drafted in the first round.

You're only a first-round pick for one year.

Everybody wants to be a first round pick.

I didn't even care where I was drafted.

I always wanted to be the No. 1 pick, but come draft night anything can happen - trades, or anything like that.

I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.

I definitely would embrace that opportunity to be the No. 1 overall pick, obviously that every quarterback would love to be that. It's no different for me.

I was pretty realistic about my chances of being drafted.

When I graduated from Utah, I was headed into the biggest job interview of my life, the NFL Draft.

I came into the league in '94.

If Cleveland takes me No. 1, it would be a great opportunity, first of all, and that goes for anyone taking me in any position.

Just because you're drafted, No. 1, doesn't mean you're going to make a team and, No. 2, it doesn't mean you're going to be around a long time. Especially at receiver, where there are only five and the last two have to play a lot of special teams or they're gone.

I would like to get drafted at all and I will be happy to play for whoever drafts me.

It was a dream come true to be drafted by a pro team and have the opportunity to play.

During my draft process, I had Seattle come and work me out. This is one of the places where I thought I might be drafted. I'm glad it worked out I'm here.

On draft day, I wasn't really nervous at all. Then you turn on the draft, the first five picks go by, and then you still thinking, 'Oh man, I don't know where I'm going to go.' It's really just, by the time draft hits, that's when you get nervous.

Once I got invited to the Green Room, that's when I was like, okay, I'm first, I'm getting drafted in the first round. Because they try their best not to let guys sit in there forever.

Honestly I'm excited for whatever team wants to draft me, and I'm excited to make an impact right away.

I used to tell people that in 2012 when I was trying to understand where am I most likely to be drafted and who are the three or four teams that have pursued me the most and it would make sense that they would pick me, I never thought of who would be least likely to draft me.

You pick guys in the first round - whenever you pick guys - you pick them for a reason.