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- “Keep things in perspective. It’s never quite as good as it seems, it’s never quite as bad as it seems.” John Calipari
- “If I have the choice between experience and talent, I’m taking talent every time.” John Calipari
- “My vision is one of celebrations and banquets, diplomas and banners, rings and parades.” John Calipari
- “Change does not come easy.” John Calipari
- “If you don’t deserve to play, you won’t play.” John Calipari
- “I call it, ‘The Kentucky Effect.’ Guys from Kentucky are usually drafted higher, and their shoe contracts are worth more. They’re in more demand overall because they played here.” John Calipari
- “You cannot please everybody. You keep marching forward.” John Calipari
- “All my best players have been really good guys, which means I can coach them.” John Calipari
- “If you react to every barking dog, if you stop for every barking dog, you’re never getting home.” John Calipari
- “What our kids learn to do is fight. So when you watch a Devin Booker, you look at Tyler Ulis – they fight.” John Calipari
- “Can I say this in a humble way – I don’t need the money. If I stop coaching today at Kentucky, my toes are up, and I’m eating Cheetos, and I’m fine.” John Calipari
- “I was a very average-at-best player.” John Calipari
- “The guy who started on third base and gets home and acts like he hit a homer – that guy doesn’t impress me.” John Calipari
- “What I’ve always tried to do is undersell and overdeliver.” John Calipari
- “At times, we, as coaches, try to shove guys as square pegs into round holes and keep hammering away.” John Calipari
- ”Every kid will tell you that they want you to be real, but that’s until you keep it real with them. Then they don’t want it real.” John Calipari
- “As long as I’m at Kentucky, you’ve got to be able to take the shots, or don’t stay at Kentucky. To be the coach at Kentucky and get what I get, you can’t be a 35-year-old coach whose never been fired. I’ve been fired.” John Calipari
- “If you win the conference tournament, it doesn’t mean anything.” John Calipari
- “I refuse to go in a home and paint a picture saying things like, ‘If you come with us, you’ll be taken care of for the rest of your life by the program and by our alums,’ even though you may only be in school for a year or two. How preposterous does that sound?” John Calipari
- “My life, even as a college student, has all been through the NCAA, and I’m telling you there’s so much good that comes out of it.” John Calipari
- “People, on their bucket lists, are saying, ‘I want to see a game at Rupp Arena.’ Magic Johnson will call and say, ‘I want to come to the game tonight. I want to see John Wall or Anthony Davis or Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.’ It’s become fashionable to be seen here, because people want to be seen and associated with success.” John Calipari
- “I think I’m overrated as a recruiter.” John Calipari
- “When you’re coaching at Kentucky, you’re held to a different standard, and like in politics, there is a core group that absolutely loves you, and everyone else is trying to unseat you in any way they can – anything to trip you up; that’s what it is. If you’re not up to that, then don’t coach at Kentucky.” John Calipari
- “I had no desire to coach college until I went to college. Then I said, ‘Maybe I can do this.’ You get inspired by the people around you who move you and light a fire under you.” John Calipari
- “I think part of the reason some coaches don’t want to be involved with social media is that they expect to be able to do it at a certain level. A lot of them are like, ‘I’m not going to do it if we can’t hit 100,000 or 200,000 followers.’ Well, you’re not going to right away.” John Calipari
- “I’m not embarrassed about how we recruit, how we treat kids, and how we coach them.” John Calipari
- “There are certain people I do want to absolutely dislike me. And I want them to paint me as their enemy. Because I want nothing to do with them.” John Calipari
- “There are no boys in this game. John Calipari