322 Quotes by John Calipari

I think I learned it from Larry Brown.

I don't think he needs the verification. But what he has done there to develop players and to build a program and to do it alongside an unbelievable football program -- which is not easy -- and to have your own identity and to play big in big games says a lot.

I thought Kareem was terrific. He's been working out at 6:30 in the morning. He's been working hard at practice. He has been humble about this whole situation.

I barely wanted to be here. ... We've got to be able to check a minute into the game who's into this energy. Who is into what we are doing.

That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee . They played exactly like they needed to play. They are executing how they want to play. They got it inside when they needed to get a couple of baskets.

I don't want to scare them. I don't want their heads spinning.

That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee.

You can't win this kind of game. To give ourselves a chance to win as bad as we were playing, I was stunned.

This is a hard game to prepare for. They run too much stuff, they hold the ball. Our guys, they have no idea they're not going to run with us.