322 Quotes by John Calipari

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.

What do you do to help us win when you’re not scoring baskets?

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.

They knew we cared about them individually. I believe that gave them an even greater ability to care about each other – to be fully invested as teammates.

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

The biggest day in the history of Kentucky’s program.

If they're out of high school, and they can go directly to the NBA and get drafted and get millions of dollars, I'm for it 100 percent. Just let's not devalue education. Let's just not devalue it.

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.

In my mind, I've got the best job in the country.