John Calipari Quotes

The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.

A Final Four would be pretty amazing.

Everyone dreams of playing March Madness and playing in those tournaments, big-time games.

For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.

The really amazing part, to me, was when Florida made it into the Final Four, the Democrats didn't demand a recount.

If you go to the Final Four, you can lose 20 games and it doesn't matter.

The only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.

March Madness is an incredible three weeks. I firmly believe it's the greatest three weeks in sports. You have the Super Bowl; you have the World Series.

Well, we went to the Final Four in '96. As a college kid, that's what you dream about.

You don't make it to the Final Four two years in a row by mistake.

The Allstate March Mayhem Challenge is a great, great bracket challenge.

It's a big deal to get to the NCAA Tournament.

When I was in high school watching college games, I was like 'I can't wait to get to March Madness.'

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

If we can lose 12 games every year and go to the Final Four every year, I'll take it. I'd rather do that than win 30 and not go to the Final Four.

I had a few brief, brief interactions with Coach K. Mainly us beating them in the NCAA Tournament back in 2012.

I just love playoff basketball.

Making it to the Final Four, you feel like you're watched on campus. You're in the classroom, professors are talking about it.

I like Josh Hart. I've liked him since 'Nova.

I've won league championships, and I helped pull off a massive NCAA tournament upset - our 15-versus-2 win over Duke in 2012.

During my 11-year coaching tenure, Saint Joseph's won or tied for the Big Five championship seven times, went to 10 postseason tournaments - including seven NCAA appearances - and reached the Final Four in 1961.

Swish: A made basket. Swoosh: The Nike logo. Swish-swoosh, swish-swoosh, swish-swoosh: A thousand coaches in nylon tracksuits, walking through hotel lobbies at the Final Four.

I just think that playing in a championship game and playing in every game in March Madness, that's just more time for critics to watch you and more time for them to nitpick at what you don't do well or what they feel you don't do well.

Here at CBS, spring also means March Madness. I love the name March Madness. I'm glad the PC police haven't made us change March Madness to early spring psychosis.

March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely... There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.