Top 40 Jose Calderon Quotes

I don’t have family in Mexico. Nothing. I’m just from Spain.

Chris Bosh helped a lot… and he was ‘The Guy.’ When you’ve got The Guy on your side it makes it easier.

At the end of the day, maybe I’m not like the other guys. Maybe I’m not as fast as them. I cannot jump as high as them. But it’s been 11 years for me now. You just play different.

My dad played for… the Villanueva de la Serena, so I guess that’s why I play basketball instead of soccer.

I know Detroit has tried to trade for me for a while so I’m really happy to be in a situation with a team that really wants you.

There is pressure on me, but I welcome it.

I have got pictures of me sleeping on the bench when I was four years old while my dad was practicing. I used to go to practice with him all of the time and they would play until it was late. I sometimes got tired and I would be sleeping there, but it was inside so not too bad.

My dad never really taught me anything about the game, he was never on me in the basketball aspect of life.

I can open the floor for other guys. I’ve always put the team first.

Every little possession and every little detail can help you win a game or that possession.

I just want to be myself, just be healthy and play basketball.

You have to know your role. But you need everybody to win games. You can’t win by yourself – not in the NBA, not in Europe, not in Spain.

When I was 13 years old, that’s when my team assigned me – and I wound up living, like, six hundred kilometers from my home to play basketball.

I just try to compete. That’s all. There’s gonna be faster guys, stronger guys, but you just gotta give effort.

In the NBA you are pretty confident but you are one phone call away from being somewhere else; you’ve just got to be ready for everything.

I can shoot the ball. I can make everybody comfortable out there, and I’m just going to try to help my teammates play better basketball if possible.

Find the open guy. If you’re open shoot the ball. Just try to make it as easy as possible.

You learn that the only thing you can control is being professional and staying focused. This is the NBA. There are a lot of things that you can’t control.

I’ve never had a problem with anybody.

Be on time, work hard every day, try to help your teammate, look for the team first. If you do that, everybody’s gonna respect you.

I don’t care about my shots or my points or my assists. It’s about playing the right way, trying to get everybody involved.

I played for so long with the national team. It was great but it’s time for the young guys to play.

I have never worked in an office.

At the end of the day, you’re representing a team, you’re representing a city, you got to go out there and play.

I don’t need to be the fastest or be able to jump highest to be effective or do the right things to help the team.

There are so many people who helped me during all those years in Toronto for everything. Not just about basketball, it’s everything. Like life, with my family. Everything.

My 3-point shot is my best shot.

I don’t know why sometimes some players have to have problems with one another.

The NBA is getting bigger. Basketball is getting better around the world. There are more players. There are better coaches around it, so that’s why there are more international players, not only Hispanic players, but from everywhere.

I didn’t expect to be in the NBA.

I’ll try to help everybody. That’s what I try to do as a point guard.

I’ve been in the league 12 years and I know what I do best or not do as well.

You don’t talk playoffs a few weeks before training camp.

The problem is when you start comparing numbers to other point guards. The league is about numbers, and it’s crazy. You make those comparisons, and I’m losing every battle.

Sometimes I play better. Sometimes I have a bad game. But as a team, it’s not about me.

I left my home when I was 13 years old, I was a professional at 17, and I’ve been playing basketball since.

This is a sport about the team. There are big stars but without a team, big stars cannot do anything.

I watched zero NBA basketball growing up. It was available but it was too late and I had school.

I’m a team player and that’s all I worry about.

Sometimes you play better with some teammates than others.