322 Quotes by John Calipari

I want to thank the Big Blue nation for your warming and hospitality. You all have made us feel like we've been in the Commonwealth forever.

They want it all - all As, all wins by 20, and want the highest GPA. Don't coach at Kentucky if you can't accept that.

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.

If the NBA is worried about the NBA, if the NCAA is worried about the NCAA, if each individual institution is just worried about themselves, and the last thing we think about is these kids, then we're going to make wrong decisions. There are a lot of players of different levels, of different abilities. Let's be fair with them.

Let's not have a postseason tournament. Let's have a preseason tournament where you're guaranteed three games: we go somewhere, and all the fans come in, and we celebrate our league. We'll have great games to start the year, and we'll do it prior to the year.

I don't read the papers; I don't listen to radio.

If you win the conference tournament, it doesn't mean anything.

I've had transfer students who have never seen the inside of their previous coach's house.

I've always taken the approach that it's about the seed in the NCAA tournament.