John Calipari Quotes & Sayings

#1. I know I'm not a saint, but I'm not the guy I'm made out to be by others.

#2. If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out ... I wont recruit them

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#3. There's no other state, none, that's as connected to their basketball program as this one. Because those other states have other programs. Michigan has Michigan State, California has UCLA, North Carolina has Duke. It's Kentucky throughout this whole state, and that's what makes us unique.

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#4. You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy play

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#5. The guys that make game winners are
the guys that are not afraid to miss them.

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#6. I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else

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#7. A great defensive effort. The one thing we have to do is make it hard for people to beat us. We're not worried about winning and losing, we just have to make the game hard

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#8. You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game

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#9. The best teams I've had had a little bit of swagger.

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#10. When you're trying to build or change a culture, what do you do? I always say to take players from state championship teams because they only know one thing
winning.

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#11. It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself

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#12. The biggest day in the history of Kentucky's program.

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#13. The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a game. If you can improve players' self-esteem and confidence, get them to relax, teach visualization and routine, they will shoot as well, or better, with the pressure on.

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