If I have the choice between experience and talent, I'm taking talent every time. John Calipari More Quotes by John Calipari More Quotes From John Calipari 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 John Calipari nbateambasketball A successful person never loses...they either win or learn! John Calipari personssuccessfulwinning You've gotta learn to love the grind. Because life IS the grind. John Calipari grindlife-is If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out... I wont recruit them John Calipari basketballmotherkids The biggest thing is you cannot be afraid to miss the game-winning shot. It's not that you want to make it; it's that you're not afraid to miss it. You're not afraid to make a play and it go wrong. You have to have amnesia. You're not afraid to make a play and it go wrong. John Calipari amnesianot-afraidmissing Nothing is given to you. You're going to have to work for it. John Calipari given I need people who look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity. John Calipari adversityopportunitypeople 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. John Calipari kentuckybasketballunique It's not about how far you fall, but how high you rebound. John Calipari reboundfall Practice gotta be harder than the games and it never is unless you want it to be as a player. The coach can't drive that John Calipari basketballplayerpractice You can be the seventh scorer or the first scorer, just be your best version. John Calipari be-your-bestversionsfirsts What type of teammates do you want to play with? Be that teammate yourself John Calipari nbabasketballplay 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. John Calipari basketballself-esteemplayer You better educate yourself. You don't stand in the front of the line unless you're up there because you know everything that's involved. John Calipari educatelinesknows If we're going to stay the gold standard, we're going to stay ahead of the curve, well, then, when people try to do the things we're doing, we're trying to do more. We're trying to do something different. We're coming at it a different way. That, for me, to be honest, is the fun part. John Calipari curvesfunpeople I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else John Calipari nbafightingbasketball I'm a teacher, a motivator. That's what I do. And I'm a protector on top of that. John Calipari protectorteacher The best teams I've had had a little bit of swagger. John Calipari swaggerteamlittles You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy play John Calipari nbateambasketball 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. John Calipari teamplayerwinning
