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...
hard humble
I thought Kareem was terrific. He's been working out at 6:30 in the morning. He's been working hard at practice. He has been humble about this whole situation.
defense game hard plays run switch
Our half-court defense is still our staple. That's what we are. We want to make the game hard for the other team. It's hard to run plays when you can switch and do the things we do.
against beat coach difficult hard trying winning
When we coach against another team, we're trying to make it as hard as we can on them to beat us. On this committee, we're trying to (make it) as hard as we can for them not to give us (the No. 1 seed). They may not, but we made it very difficult for them by winning the game.
awards happy hard job last players trying win worked year
I did a better job last year than I did this year. Awards are great. Our award we're trying to get here is trying to win this tournament. I'm happy for Rodney, happy for all the players who get these awards because they've worked hard for them.
defensive game great hard rest
It was a great defensive effort. This game, the rest of the games, we've just got to make the game hard for the other team. We did that today.
defensive game great hard
A great defensive effort. I always go with the same thing: We want to make the game hard for the other team, and we did today.
game hard hold prepare run
This is a hard game to prepare for. They run too much stuff, they hold the ball. Our guys, they have no idea they're not going to run with us.
good returning
When you have your returning quarterback, you are in pretty good shape,
absolutely biggest building event hurricane since
We're going down to their building and it's probably the biggest event since the hurricane that's going on around there. It's going to be nutty, absolutely nutty.
bounce concerned energy game shows supposed texas
To have that kind of energy after that Texas game and to have one day in between shows that we bounce back quickly. We did what we were supposed to do. All I was concerned with was how we guarded, and I thought we were tremendous.
ask four guy high man shot shots time understand
You have to understand this young man will do anything I ask. This is a guy who shot it all the time in high school, and if I ask him to take four shots a game, he'll take four shots a game.
gets high picked sells shoes tennis
At the end of the day, let's see where he gets picked in the draft. Let's see where he gets picked. I think he'll be picked very high ... He sells a lot of tennis shoes and he'll sell a lot of tickets.
days five hope next star supposed uses weight
What I hope is he uses the next five days to get in the weight room, come back and be the star he's supposed to be.
created ready today
We created some turnovers and that's why we had a 20-point lead. Today we were ready to go so they never really had a chance.