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John Calipari
John Calipari
American Coach
Born: Feb 10, 1959
About Best Coach Me People You
Related authors: Bear Bryant Bobby Knight Dabo Swinney Jim Valvano John Wooden Lou Holtz Nick Saban Vince Lombardi
The best food I've had in Lexington is Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt. It's non-guilt ice cream! John Calipari
Best Food Had Leaf Yogurt Orange Frozen Ice Ice Cream Cream Lexington
If they're trying to get high school kids to go to the D-League, I will be shouting from mountaintops saying, 'What is this going to do to a generation of kids who say, 'All right, I'm going to do this,' you get one or two years to make it, and now you're out without any opportunities. Who's taking care of those kids now?' John Calipari
Saying You Generation School Opportunities Care Will Say Those Kids Out High One Or Two High School Taking School Kids Make Without Go Years Get Trying Any Going Shouting Who Now Right Two
Don't encourage 8th-, 9th- and 10th-graders to forgo education just to go to the G League. John Calipari
Education League Go Encourage Forgo Just
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 always has. John Calipari
Every Way Kid Out Kind Supposed Always Get Just Just Kind Plays
We're not the only ones out there trying to get good players and trying to help kids. John Calipari
Good Kids Out Only Get Trying Help Players
We should not go to a baseball rule. If a kid goes to college and, after a year or two, wants to go to the NBA and is good enough - and he grew, he got bigger, he got more confidence - let him go. Why would you now force a kid to go two years? John Calipari
Good You Confidence College Year Enough Rule Kid Would More He Force Him Got Go Years Goes Grew After Bigger Wants Should NBA Baseball Now Why Two
In my mind, I've got the best job in the country. John Calipari
Best Mind Job Country Got
So kids that have pro potential and want to take a loan so that their families don't have to deal with it, why can't you? John Calipari
You Loan Kids Potential Take Deal Families Pro Want Why
When we're worried about a bureaucracy and keeping the bureaucracy going, you're always going to make mistakes. John Calipari
You Mistakes Worried About Make Always Bureaucracy Going Keeping
I'm going to continue to see my friends who coach in the NBA and see my former players who play in the NBA. I'm going to continue to go to games. John Calipari
See Go Continue Friends Going Former Coach Games Who NBA Play Players
The thing I can tell you about coaching is that we make decision and career moves when your nerves and emotions are still raw, right after the season. It's the worst profession for that. John Calipari
You Emotions Decision Worst Tell Nerves About Raw Make Still Moves After Coaching Your Profession Season Right Thing Career
I'm not a big proponent of the league tournament. John Calipari
Big Proponent Tournament League Big Proponent
LeBron and I are friends. John Calipari
LeBron Friends
If you don't deserve to play, you won't play. John Calipari
You Deserve Play
Some of the best kids I coach were raised by a grandmother who was so firm that they understood. John Calipari
Best Kids Some Firm Understood Were Grandmother Coach Who Raised
If I walk in a home, and a young man disrespects his mother or grandfather, grandmother in front of me, I'm out. Because if that's the case, he respects no one. He is not going to respect me. John Calipari
Home Me Man Respect Mother Walk Young Respects Out Case No-One He Because His Front Going Young Man Grandfather Grandmother
I never thought Marquis Teague would leave after a year. John Calipari
Thought Year Would Never Leave After
Any coach out there that wants to lose, you make sure they put raisins in the breakfast oatmeal. You'll go down, don't worry about that. John Calipari
You Lose Breakfast Down Worry Out Oatmeal About Put Make Sure Go Any Wants Coach
When your best players are really good guys, it's the best. John Calipari
Best Good Guys Really Your Players Good Guys
The problem with my guys, all my guys, they come in and improve themselves so fast in college: they go from 'He's this and this' to 'That kid is the first pick or second pick. Four. Five. Seven.' Tell me about those teams: not great. So my guys are walking into bad situations. John Calipari
Great Me Problem College First Seven Kid Those Tell Bad About Guys Pick He Come Go Five Walking Improve Situations The Problem With Themselves Teams Fast Four Second
Change does not come easy. John Calipari
Change Easy Come Does
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
Me People Enemy Nothing Absolutely Because Want Dislike Them Certain Paint
You're coaching Kentucky - and you have a chance to change lives. That's not what this is up there in the NBA. You have assets. You're trying to piece a team together. You're trying to win more games than the other guy. You're trying to advance in the playoffs, and if you don't, they'll find somebody else that can. John Calipari
You Change Together Win Somebody Other Else Find Guy More Advance Piece Up Than Trying Coaching Games Team NBA Lives Assets Kentucky Chance Playoffs
I majored in business/marketing because I was going to be a teacher and a high school basketball coach. John Calipari
Teacher School High High School Because Going Coach Basketball
In a normal season, the sixth man always seems to get the most minutes on my team. John Calipari
Man Minutes Seems Most Always Normal Get Sixth Team Season
At times, we, as coaches, try to shove guys as square pegs into round holes and keep hammering away. John Calipari
Try Guys Hammering Square Times Holes Coaches Shove Keep Round Away
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