John Calipari Quotes

I never lost the desire to coach.

I've always had coaching in my blood. My dad was a college coach at West Chester and Ursinus so I had a feeling all along that I would coach.

Some of the best coaches I've been around are those people I worked with in high school.

Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes.

A coach, especially at a college level - much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level - you're more of a teacher than an actual coach.

I hadn't trained to be a coach. That takes great training. Being an assistant under a Coach Lombardi or a Tom Landry or whoever, that prepares you to do a better job when you become a coach. I hadn't received that training. It showed.

I coach at Rutgers University and help out there as a part-time assistant coach. I feel like the coach is kind of in me, and it would also be great exposure, so I'd be down for it, for sure.

Zidane is not a coach, but he is a teacher.

I have been very fortunate to coach a lot of very good secondary players through the years.

I've spent my entire life around coaches.

We need more coaches like Eugene Bareman in this sport.

I've coached grassroots for eight years, I coached middle school, and I coached high school.

I think I'm a pretty good coach, but there are a lot of good coaches, a lot of young coaches.

My dad's always been a coach and one of my coaches.

I try not to make comparisons between who I've coached. And I haven't always coached the best in the world.

By relying on my experience as a player, I hope to one day perform as a coach.

A big part of me has been tied to coaching and I want to get into coaching and make a difference that way.

Kevin McHale was a master communicator and knows how to coach stars, and that's a unique gift because you take an old-school guy that's used to coaching his way, he'd have a hard time coaching them cats now, but Kevin knows how, and he has the patience of Job.

My dad coached 41 years, and I was always around coaches.

I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.

I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players.

I've been coaching the sport for a number of years. And I went through many athletes. Some athletes stay with your program for a long, long period of time. Some athletes, they have a different approach as far as coaching style or your philosophies. I totally respect their own opinions - they have the right to choose their own coach.

I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.