“You've gotta learn to love the grind. Because life IS the grind.”
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Famous John Calipari Quotes
“You can be the seventh scorer or the first scorer, just be your best version.”
“Generational poverty, most of us don't know what that means.”
“If my team won a national title and no one got drafted, I'd be disappointed.”
“You do things other people cannot do, so just stay in the moment as you improve the other areas.”
“All the teams you have have different personalities, and you kind of want it.”
“I'm a teacher, a motivator. That's what I do. And I'm a protector on top of that.”
“Nothing is given to you. You're going to have to work for it.”
“I know who I am. I don't see myself as this whoever they see me as.”
“We can't have one group that oversees everything and then they define what amateurism is.”
“When your best players are really good guys, it's the best.”
“What type of teammates do you want to play with? Be that teammate yourself”
“You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game”
“What do you do to help us win when you're not scoring baskets?”
“I need people who look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity.”
“I know I'm not a saint, but I'm not the guy I'm made out to be by others.”
“It's not about how far you fall, but how high you rebound.”
Source: Bounce Back: Overcoming Setbacks to Succeed in Business and in Life
“I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else”
“A successful person never loses...they either win or learn!”
“The guys that make game winners are the guys that are not afraid to miss them.”