Q: Hornacek said his wife gave him your book, and he joked that he wants to see you sign autographs for fans. Has this book process re-opened doors with former teammates? Have any reached out or razzed you? Stockton: No razzing yet. I've received a couple of phone calls. Karl (Malone)'s foreword was tremendous. My kids wanted to call the foreword, "The Power Foreword," by the way. I thought that was kind of catchy. But I get a call, mostly texts now, "Hey, I liked it. Let's talk about it sometime." It's been pretty wild for the last couple of weeks. Q:老何说他老婆给他看你的书，他还开玩笑说他想看你为球迷签名。你有没有藉本书跟前队 友再续前缘？有哪些连系或嘲弄吗？ Stockton:是还没有嘲弄拉，我是有接到几通电话。Malone的前言很棒，我的孩子都想取名 为「强力前言」【Foreword前言与Forward前锋读音相似】。顺道一提，我想本书引起了一 些注意，有些是电话但多数是简讯，像是「我喜欢你的书，有时间聊聊吧。」、「最後那几 周还真是疯狂啊！」 Q: Did you have to edit the foreword by Karl Malone? Stockton: I had nothing to do with the foreword other than ask if he'd be willing to do it. I was surprised by his enthusiasm towards it, and then he did it. He handed it in to Coach Pickett. I don't know if they went through the same process I did or not, but they're the ones that got it done. It was pretty nice to hear. Q:你有修订Malone的前言吗？ Stockton: 我没有修改，只问他愿不愿意帮我写。我很惊讶他对此事很有热忱，他写完後交 给Pickett，但我不知道他们之间有没有来来回回修订。不过他们还是有完成，对我来说真 是好事。 Q: Did you get everything out that you wanted to in the book, or will there be more books? Stockton: I don't think there will be a sequel or a tri(logy). You guys are already razzing me about telling everything. There's still more stuff rattling around in my head, but I don't know if I'll go this route again. Q:你觉得本书把你想讲的都写完了吗？或者你未来还可能再出书？ Stockton:我想是不会有续集，记者朋友们早就在嘲弄我出书了。我脑海中是还有些东西， 但我不确定我想不想再经历一次。 Q: What did Frank Layden do to help bring you along and shape your career? Stockton: I don't know if you can cover that. Every time I speak to Frank Layden , even today, wisdom just kind of oozes out everywhere. It was very important to him that he makes his players better people when they were done with them. That's the type of care that he had for his players. I remember many conversations I had with him before we even started bounding the balls in training camp my rookie season that impacted the rest of my life. That's just the type of man he is. I think that helps you. It gives you confidence. It gives you (comfort knowing) he's on my side and you're able to go out there and just compete instead of worry all the time. Q: Layden教练怎麽带你并形塑你的生涯？ Stockton:我不知道你能不能在短短篇幅中驾驭这问题，每次我跟他说话，即便是今日，他 的智慧处处散发，把球员变成更好的人对他来说非常重要，他对球员都有某种的关怀，我记 得在我新人那一年，训练营还没开始前我们就有很多对话，且深深影响我迄今。他就是那种 典型的男人，我想那有帮到我，给了我信心，知道他将永远站我这一边，并让我毫无烦恼地 打球。 Q: Can you talk about Jerry Sloan and how he impacted your career? Stockton: You can't put into words his impact on my life and career - coach, friend, mentor, boss. He's really worn a lot of hats for me personally. I admire him so much I can't even express it. Q:那谈谈教皇还有他怎麽影响你的生涯？ Stockton:他对我人生和球员生涯的影响是难以形容的，他是教练、朋友，也是良师与老板 。他对我来说有很多不同的意义，对於他的钦佩是无法形容的。 Q: What did you think about how Sloan tried to extend your playing career by restricting your minutes? Stockton: That was one of the things we fought about. I didn't want to play forever. I wanted to try to win this whole thing and then go off into the sunset , so to speak. He felt like he had a duty to the organization to preserve us and have us around for a longer time. He felt like then you bring a mesh of young guys in and you're viable for longer. We argued about it, but he won. I would've probably gone a different route. Q:你对於教皇为了延长你职业生涯，而限缩你上场时间有何看法？ Stockton: 那是我们唯一争执过的事情，我不想打很久，可以说我想赢得一切然後慢慢归隐 。但教皇觉得他对犹他有责任让我们两老持盈保泰，他觉得我们能跟年轻球员密切配合并能 打更久。我们曾为此争执，我可能因此步上不同的旅程，但他赢了。 Q: Outside of Utah, who were some people who influenced you early on? Stockton: My brother (Steve Stockton). My brother thundered me in everything most of my life. He was a great carrot out in front of me. All I wanted to do ever was beat him at anything. I don't want to leave that out. One of the guys basketball-wise was Coach Pickett, who helped me write the book. He caught me at a very impressionable time, taught me the fundamentals. He gave me the foundation it took to build on it so that my love for the game could expand because I could build on something. If you're just out there running around, you can't really improve. He came in at a great time in my life, especially as far as basketball goes. Q:除了犹他，早先还有谁影响过你？ Stockton：我的哥哥Steve Stockton，他对我而言有极大的威吓作用，我所想的就是在任何 地方都打败他，所以他就像根胡萝卜，是极大的利诱报酬。再来是篮球智者Pickett教练， 他帮我写了这本书。他在我最容易被塑型时教我基础，并奠立我进步的基石，让我更爱球赛 因为我可以从中进步。如果你只是在场上玩玩，那不能真的进步。他占我生命中很大一部份 ，尤其是我在打球的时候。 Q: What does the support from the Utah community mean to you? Stockton: This has been home for me. One of the hardest things I ever did was move myself and my family back home (to Spokane, Wash.). What's home? For me, it was my mom and dad were there. My brothers and sisters, the community I grew up (in), was there. But this is also home. That was tough because it's very difficult to balance them. Probably my parents being there (was) the turning point for us. I don't know if you can put words into my feelings for this community. It's a beautiful city. That hasn't changed. (Utah) welcomed me with opened arms. I still feel very much at home here as I do with the Jazz and here in this building (the former Delta Center). This was a special time in my life. It still is. I feel very connected still. Q:犹他人对你的支持有什麽意义？ Stockton:就像家一样，我做过最难的决定就是举家迁回家乡Spokane，什麽是家？对我而言 ，那是我母亲、父亲生活的地方，还有我兄弟姊妹、我长大的社区。但犹他也是我的家，要 平衡两边是很难的。或许我父母住在Spokane是个转捩点，但我对犹他的感情难以言喻，这 是个美丽的城市，未曾改变，它展开双臂欢迎我，我回到球馆(前Delta Center)就像回家一 样。这里的过去种种别具意义，而现在仍是，我仍觉得我跟犹他是相连的。 Q: Your son, Michael, has had opportunities with Utah (working out, playing summer league). What was that like to see him wearing the Jazz jersey? Stockton: It was very neat to see Michael wearing the Jazz gear and practicing - even more so to see the pride in which he held doing it. You don't know the impact this team has had on my children. That was a great thrill for him, for me , for us. It was neat. Q:你的儿子Michael曾在这里打夏季联盟，看到他披上爵士战袍有什麽感触吗？ Stockton:看到他穿爵士球衣很棒很美妙，更可以看到他心中的荣耀，你不知道爵士队对我 儿子有什麽影响，那让他，让我，让我家人感到很兴奋，太美妙了。 Q: Do you see yourself having more involvement with the Jazz organization in a formal capacity going forward? Stockton: I haven't ruled anything out, but I'm enjoying what I'm doing. I have a 12-year-old son, Samuel, who I'm coaching in the seventh grade, and I'm having a blast at it. There's so much of that still ahead of me. My daughter's in high school, Laura, and I'm enjoying coaching with her. My kids that are older than her are playing. My daughter Lindsay is playing at Montana state. David is playing at Gonzaga. My son Michael, who you mentioned, is in Germany playing. I don't want to change. I'm enjoying that. I'm enjoying getting to see them play, and then it's not always easy, but it would be impossible if I had a job like coaching. So, fortunately, I'm coaching at a level where I have a little flexibility in my schedule. Q:你觉得你未来会在爵士的组织内，以一个正式的身分做参与吗？ Stockton:我没有排除可能性，但我很喜欢现在的生活。我有个12岁的儿子Samuel，我也在 他的七年级执教，那儿还有太多事待处理。我女儿Laura还在念高中，我也很喜欢指导她。 其它比她年长的也在打球，Lindsay在Montana state、David则在Gonzaga，你提到的 Michael跑到德国。我不想改变因为我乐在其中，我喜欢看他们打球，那并非总是如此容易 ，若我当教练上述一切就不可能了。所以幸运地，我现阶段可以照我计画弹性地执教。 Q: What do you think about the state of the current NBA and the point guard position? Stockton: It's changed a lot. Almost every point guard you see out there now is a scorer. Not that the other guys weren't, but there's so many different ways to play the position. The NBA has always gone through patterns, if you will. I remember when I first came in everybody was looking for the Magic Johnson clone. They couldn't find many 6-10 guys that could play the point. If they could, then all of us little guys would've been out. And like Isiah (Thomas), guys like him really succeeded, and they said, "Hey, maybe we can succeed with little guys." I think it goes through ebbs and flows. Coaches are so clever, they're figuring out a way to combat now what the Heat are doing and how are you going to guard these guys? What's the direction of it? I think it's always in flux and probably always will be in trying to figure out that secret formula that wins the title. Q:对目前NBA的情势跟控卫们，你有什麽见解？ Stockton: 现在变了好多，现在你看到的控卫都是得分好手了，不是那些球员不控球，而是 现在有太多的打法去打控卫。NBA总是有些样版，像我刚入行时大家都在找魔术强森复刻版 ，但他们没法找6尺10的人打控卫，如果可以，像我这种高度的就没工作了。还有Isiah Thomas，像他的球员都很成功，他们就说：「或许我们要找小个儿的球员。」我想这些都是 潮起又潮落，教练是很聪明的，他们会找方法去对付热火，看他们在干嘛？要怎麽看管他们 ？有什麽战略方针？我想这总是在变迁且永远在找赢球的方程式。 Q: You wrote about the undercurrent on the team in your last season. How much does that tarnish your career? Stockton: It doesn't tarnish it all. I think the whole purpose of that point in the story was not even the undercurrent. It was to show how I handled it and how I handled a lot of things in that last year. There were signs. I don't know if any of you have retired or have come close or have thought about it, but for me it was, "Why didn't I do something? What didn't I pay attention (to)? Why wasn't I looking?" All these indicators that it might be time for me to look for a new profession, so to speak. I took that very internal on what I needed to do rather than what was going on there. I couldn't say that without expressing what led up to it. Q:你书中提到最後一季队上有一股暗流，它对你的球员生涯有多少程度上的不名誉？ Stockton:也不算被玷污啦，我想那故事的目的也不在那股暗流，那是在说明我如何处理与 我在最後一季如何处理许多的事情，那时有许多徵兆，我不知道你们其中有没有人曾退休、 曾快退休、或想过退休，对我来说那是「我为何没做些什麽？」、「我为何没有专注？」、 「我为何没眼观八方？」，这些指标可谓暗示我该找新的事做了。我将其置於心中甚於关心 球队的事务，而我不能没有描述就说是什麽东西所致。 Q: Many fans wanted you to score more. Any regrets about not shooting more? Stockton: I didn't go into games thinking, "I need to take 15 shots or 10 shots or four shots." I didn't go in thinking I needed 10 assists or five or 15. I just played. I figured the coaches would tell me if they wanted something different. We had Karl Malone, arguably the best scorer in the history of the game. I know he's not No. 1 on the list, but I'm hard-pressed to find one who was just so dominant for so long. It would be foolish to sit there and take too many outside shots when you can get the ball into him close. The foul pressure it puts on teams, the high percentage he shot, the ability to shoot free throws and all those things with him. Having Jeff Hornacek. My decisions on the court were based on the types of guys around at the time and what was the necessary play, I think. Q:很多球迷都希望你多得点分呢！你有没有後悔没多投篮？ Stockton:我上场时不会去想：「我要投15次、10次或4次。」也不会想要传10个、5个或15 助攻，我只想打球。我想教练也会给我指示，如果他们想来点不一样的话。我们有Malone了 ，他可被认定是史上最厉害的得分手，或许不是名单上的第一，但我很难去想有谁可以像他 一样历久不衰。让自己在外围投篮而不是传给Malone实是太愚不可及，且场上又有老何，他 的高命中率、罚球线上最准的射手，还有他其他的才能。我想我场上的战术是基於形势，搭 配该球员的特质去打的。 Q: What was the most enjoyable part of writing the book and what do you hope people will take away? Stockton: The most enjoyable part was the walk down memory lane, whether it be my childhood or high school and college, professional days. That was fun. And to recollect stories. I even found myself chuckling in the chair sometimes thinking about things. What I hope people get out of it is so many people impact (others') lives. Normal everyday people that go to work every day, that hand a kid a basketball or hand him a football or hand him, whatever, a book. It changes their lives, and they go on without any credit for it. So many people impacted my life positively and (it's) an unlikely story. That's really what I wanted to pass on is, 'Thank you.' Not only to people that have contributed to my life, but the ones who have contributed to others, the unsung heroes. Q:写书时你最享受什麽？ 还有你希望读者获得什麽？ Stockton:最幸福的事就是步履在忆往之道上，不论是童年、高中、大学或职业球员，那很 好玩，我重新收集记忆，思及有趣的往事甚至会让我在椅子上咯咯地笑。 那我最希望传递给读者的是，太多人影响了其他人，平常日子人们都去上班，所以给了小孩 一颗篮球、橄榄球、或是…书，那改变了孩子的人生，他们持续前进不计任何虚名。所以很 多人正向地影响了他人，这也不太像是真的故事，但我真的很想传递：「谢谢你。」不仅仅 是让我生命茁壮的人，还有那些为其他人默默付出的无名英雄。 (我很喜欢这段) Q: Did you take it upon yourself to take over the final minutes of the Game 6 win in the Western Conference Finals that sent you to the NBA Finals for the first time in 1997? Stockton: I don't remember much of that. I think even in the book I mentioned that. I remember Greg Ostertag being impactful in the latter minutes of that. I didn't go back and watch film for the book. In fact, I made a point not to go back and research. I wanted to go by memory, so I guess it's a freer story or something. I didn't want to be limited by (details like), "That was two points, not three points." I do remember the last shot. I still get goose bumps thinking about that. A lot of what happened before it was a blur. That's probably how the game was. I know we were down a lot. I know we came back, similarly to the way we lost to Phoenix two years before that and lost to Houston ... years before that. What a wild day that was. That was so much fun. But that's mostly what I remember, mostly the last shot also. Q:1997年的西区决赛第六战，你有决定要跳出来承担比赛，并挺进到总冠军赛吗？ Stockton:我已记不太得了，我想我在书中我也说我不大记得了。我记得Ostertag在最後几 分钟像开了无双，事实上，我没有为写书而回顾影片，因为我想靠我的记忆，我猜这是让思 想畅游的故事，不需被细节限缩而写「那件事有两点说明，不是三点。」 但我记得最後一击，我回想时还会起鸡皮疙瘩，在最後一击前很多事都模糊了，我只记得我 们落後很多再迎头赶上，有点像两年前输给太阳，还有再前一年输给火箭 (按:我不知道这里有没有翻错还是Stockton一时说错，1996是4:3输超音速，1995是3:2输 火箭)，那是个疯狂又有趣的一天，但我最多就是记得最後一击，大多就是那一击。 Q: How much interaction do you have with Jerry Sloan and Malone? Stockton: I wouldn't say daily or even weekly. It's more in the monthly or a couple of monthlies. You just never know. None of us have our numbers on speed dial. I don't even know if my phone has a speed dial. But we manage to stay in touch, and it's good. Q:你现在和教皇、Malone的互动有多频繁？ Stockton:不是每天或每周啦，大约是一个月或数个月一次，我们之中没有人把彼此电话设 在快速键上，我甚至不知道我手机有这项功能，但我们有保持联系，这样很棒。 Q: How did the Jazz convince you to go on Twitter for their 'Twitter Takeover' on Friday afternoon? Stockton: I'm not going on Twitter. I don't know anything about Twitter. It scares me. I have no intention of being part of anything Twitter. What they do, I don't know. (A P.R. person informed him that he was going to have a conversation while somebody else typed his responses into Twitter.) There you go. Q:爵士是怎麽说服你在周五下午上他们的「Twitter Takeover」？ Stockton:我没有用Twitter喔，我完全搞不懂Twitter，它吓到我了，我也没有任何的意图 去加入它，我并不知道他们怎麽弄的（一个公关告诉他当其他人回应时就会有个讨论在上面 ）就开始了。 Q: I was curious if your kids were going to help you with social media. Stockton: I'm going to show you something. (He reaches into his pocket and grabs a flip phone.) This is my brand-new phone, because I dropped the other one in some water that I had for 10 years. I don't even know how to use these functions . No, I don't have any intention of going the way of the Twitter. Thanks for coming. Q:我好奇你的小孩会帮你用社群网站喔。 Stockton:秀东西给你看(他掏出一只折叠机)，这是我的新手机，因为用十年的那个我失手 丢到水里，我甚至不懂这新机的功能，我也不会去了解Twitter。 谢谢你们今天来。 这样的球员让教练不爱也难，总是无私的做出贡献 而且他的话也有鼓舞到我，要正向地帮助他人 最後同场加映一个大家应该都看过的影片 http://ppt.cc/a3B2 John Stockton-The spirit carrys on. -- GO!JAZZ!GO! --

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