John Calipari
John Calipari
John Vincent Calipariis an American college basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach at the University of Kentucky. Calipari was previously the head coach at the University of Memphisand the University of Massachusetts. He was also the head coach of the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Netsand the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2011 and 2012...
kentucky intriguing program
The biggest day in the history of Kentucky's program.
basketball team games
You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game
basketball winning helping
What do you do to help us win when you're not scoring baskets?
thinking people giving
The people that are around me that give me ideas that I pass along or we try, the one thing I never do, I never give credit to anybody but myself. So I take all of the ideas. So everybody thinks that all of the ideas are mine.
basketball play teammate
What type of teammates do you want to play with? Be that teammate yourself
basketball self-esteem player
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.
winning games people
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
fun people trying
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.
basketball player practice
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
basketball fighting guy
I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else
team littles swagger
The best teams I've had had a little bit of swagger.
team kids enjoy
I would enjoy the fact that I had a team that won a national title, but I would be disappointed that none of the kids got drafted because that's not how it's supposed to work.
basketball team play
You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy play
adversity opportunity people
I need people who look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity.