They want it all - all As, all wins by 20, and want the highest GPA. Don't coach at Kentucky if you… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy… — John Calipari Basketball Copy Share Image
What our kids learn to do is fight. So when you watch a Devin Booker, you look at Tyler Ulis - they… — John Calipari Children Copy Share Image
More than half the G League is going to be high school kids that are trying to make it. I hope I'm… — John Calipari High school Copy Share Image
Don't encourage 8th-, 9th- and 10th-graders to forgo education just to go to the G League. — John Calipari Education Copy Share Image
Every one of us in this country is based on you've gotta take care of yourself. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
The thing about young guys is they don't think they will lose. They haven't been through it yet. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
I've had transfer students who have never seen the inside of their previous coach's house. — John Calipari Coach 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… — John Calipari Attention Copy Share Image
Having a kind heart, you care about everybody else. You don't eat everything. Don't be a big. People in the community, be… — John Calipari Being nice Copy Share Image
I did a better job last year than I did this year. Awards are great. Our award we're trying to get here… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
When you're trying to make somebody the best version of themselves, you have to keep defining that over a period of time… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
I call it, 'The Kentucky Effect.' Guys from Kentucky are usually drafted higher, and their shoe contracts are worth more. They're in… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
I refuse to go in a home and paint a picture saying things like, 'If you come with us, you'll be taken… — John Calipari Home Copy Share Image
The thing I can tell you about coaching is that we make decision and career moves when your nerves and emotions are… — John Calipari Career Copy Share Image
If they're out of high school, and they can go directly to the NBA and get drafted and get millions of dollars,… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
I need people who look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity. — John Calipari Adversity Copy Share Image
I majored in business/marketing because I was going to be a teacher and a high school basketball coach. — John Calipari Basketball coach Copy Share Image
I'm a teacher, a motivator. That's what I do. And I'm a protector on top of that. — John Calipari Mentorship Copy Share Image
The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
Go ball. Go ball. I'll worry about the coaching. You just get out there and ball. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out... I wont… — John Calipari Basketball Copy Share Image
It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about… — John Calipari About yourself Copy Share Image
We have strong legs. That's what we strive to have in March and that's what we have. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
This is what Conference USA should be in every game and every building. This is a basketball environment. — John Calipari Basketball Copy Share Image
You do things other people cannot do, so just stay in the moment as you improve the other areas. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
Obviously I didn't make the game fast enough. I didn't coach up to snuff. So, you know, it's a little bit of… — John Calipari Coach Copy Share Image
All the teams you have have different personalities, and you kind of want it. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
If I ever tell the same story twice, just laugh and roll with it because, when you get older, you start doing… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
We can't have one group that oversees everything and then they define what amateurism is. — John Calipari Amateurism Copy Share Image
Now our team's thinking about getting better instead of the other team's stuff, which we really have no control over. — John Calipari Football Copy Share Image
All my best players have been really good guys, which means I can coach them. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
You can be the seventh scorer or the first scorer, just be your best version. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
We don't get every kid. We get the ones we are supposed to get. It just kind of plays out that way,… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
I'd love to be coaching kids three or four years. You kidding me? That's what I used to do. — John Calipari Coaching Copy Share Image
Some of the best kids I coach were raised by a grandmother who was so firm that they understood. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
I've always said I have more money than I can spend, than my children can spend. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
I've always taken the approach that it's about the seed in the NCAA tournament. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
He helped my career, helped me basketball-wise and every other way. I'm a big fan of Thibs. — John Calipari Basketball Copy Share Image
I'm not the grand poobah. I'm not the emperor. That's not what I want to be. — John Calipari Emperor Copy Share Image
