322 Quotes by John Calipari

High school coaches sometimes are better coaches than I am.

At times, we, as coaches, try to shove guys as square pegs into round holes and keep hammering away.

Every kid will tell you that they want you to be real, but that's until you keep it real with them. Then they don't want it real.

We play for March.

If it's late in the game, then you have your five best free-throw shooters on the court.

The best food I've had in Lexington is Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt. It's non-guilt ice cream!

The opportunity to coach Kerry Kittles I wouldn't give up for anything.

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?'

Don't encourage 8th-, 9th- and 10th-graders to forgo education just to go to the G League.