The guys that make game winners are the guys that are not afraid to miss them. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
That's what this league is all about. The first half, the building's electric. National TV. Two teams prepared to go hard. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
The problem with my guys, all my guys, they come in and improve themselves so fast in college: they go from 'He's… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
If you recruit a kid, and you're promising him the world, how in the world are you going to coach him in… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
I think what we are going to do is go great ball pressure and deny wings to start the game because I… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
When you're trying to build or change a culture, what do you do? I always say you take players from state championship… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
If you can get a second-round pick that makes it, it's unbelievable for that franchise, what you save and all the other… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
A great defensive effort. The one thing we have to do is make it hard for people to beat us. We're not… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for a basketball player to do is dribble two really hard dribbles. You are flying, and then pull up… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
People want to see how we get teams to come together so quickly. They want to see how we get young guys… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
In my humble opinion, again, to perform at Alabama, you must earn the spot and not have it given to you. You… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
We were awful for a while. In that first half, oh my gosh. I'm looking at it, thinking, 'Can we be this… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
Let's not have a postseason tournament. Let's have a preseason tournament where you're guaranteed three games: we go somewhere, and all the… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a game. If… — John Calipari Copy Share
If you have all seniors, then it probably doesn't mean much because those guys aren't going to be back. But if you have a… — John Calipari Copy Share
“When it comes to how we make up our staff, I need positive people around me. People with a “we can do this” mentality.… — John Calipari Copy Share
All the teams you have have different personalities, and you kind of want it. — John Calipari Copy Share
Go ball. Go ball. I'll worry about the coaching. You just get out there and ball. — John Calipari Copy Share
“Their first coach was James Naismith, who invented the sport of basketball. (He is less known for being the only Kansas coach in history… — John Calipari Copy Share
I'm not the grand poobah. I'm not the emperor. That's not what I want to be. — John Calipari Copy Share
It's not one guy. We played bad, I coached bad, it's everybody. We're all thrown in on this one. We all missed, all turned… — John Calipari Copy Share
Every one of us in this country is based on you've gotta take care of yourself. — John Calipari Copy Share
We don't get every kid. We get the ones we are supposed to get. It just kind of plays out that way, and it… — John Calipari Copy Share
