John Calipari Team Quotations

When you beat a team on a 10-game win streak, that's a great win. We had chances to get it to 16, 18, 20 and we're just not capable of it yet.

Obviously, we have policy and team rules, and this is a case that I'll deal with like all the others. I'll deal with it in a fair way, and deal with him in a fair way. But we've got to look into it first.

Now what I have is a team that's fresh mentally and they're fresh physically. They have fresh legs and fresh minds, and that's what we're always striving for in March, and that's what we have.

If a team gets after us and becomes physical, that bothers us. That's one of those things we have to get better at.

You take your team - east, west, north, south - because I want my team. I've got battlers. I've got skills ... depth ... size.

They are a very good team and they aren't your normal 16-seed. Everybody knows tat and everybody is talking about that. They are saying that this is the upset because they are not the typical 16-seed. They have seniors, they have (junior forward Caleb) Green inside, and they are as big and athletic as we are. That concerns me.

It was a team in crisis. Meetings do nothing. Last year we had a crisis every other week.

It's a good win against a team that was 9-1. If we don't beat somebody by 40, everybody is saying, 'What's going on with the Tigers?' They have scholarships too. They came out and had a game plan on how they were going to play, but they turned it over 19 times.

All the teams you have have different personalities, and you kind of want it.

If my team won a national title and no one got drafted, I'd be disappointed.

You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game

The best teams I've had had a little bit of swagger.

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.

You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy play

When you're trying to build or change a culture, what do you do? I always say to take players from state championship teams because they only know one thing -- winning.

It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself