John Calipari Quotes

Thank you... preseason football, for having all the excitement, commercials, and time-outs of the regular season, but with none of the mattering. I appreciate it. Thank you.

It's not about big markets or small markets. It's not about dominant teams or not. It's about the actual competition and how good the games are, how good the series turn out. That's what I think is the most important for fans.

I'm not a big proponent of the league tournament.

I see huge potential for the league and also for America.

It's really great to see all the people who've become involved in building up the Premier League, especially in the States.

The NFL has captured the casual fan.

To be able to have a professional 3-on-3 league and be a part of that, that's been a ton of fun, ton of fun. The fans love it, the players love playing it, and it's just a lot of fun to be around.

As far as cities, one of my favorite stops every year is Rome I think it's super fun to play there, because the tournament is really cool and the fans are super engaged, but also you get to walk around going to dinner, and the history - it's truly one of the most amazing cities in the world. I love it.

If you look at any league, they're all trying to figure out how to make the game more exciting, speed the game up, whatever it may be. In our case, it's the same.

Jeff Kwatinetz and Ice Cube and Amy Trask - all those people are real visionaries, and the league that they started has been phenomenal. And my job as commissioner now is to kind of help continue to build, improve the fan and the player experience.

With the XFL, I think the engagement with the fans is something that could really help out.

The NWSL is a great league. It's so competitive from every single team and every single game. They have the right people and they are invested in it.

Probably the Liga MX or the American league, there are a higher number of competitive games than in the Spanish league or the English league.

You know what we should do? We should just put flags on everybody. Let's make it the NFFL - the National Flag Football League. It's unbelievable.

I don't come to Toronto often, so when I'm there it's always special and rare which I think makes it very exciting for my fans.

I can tell you first-hand from my experiences with Sacramento, the league does try to honor the fan bases it has, and encourage teams to stay in their home markets.

I'm just one guy. I can't bring the whole league closer to the fans.

Science fiction fans are the smartest fans in television. They just are. They're just so smart, and they know so much detail and information. They're a part of the story and they inform your character, as well. We all listen to the fans, and we love their feedback and the attention they give us.

I love to sing, and I love to talk to people at meet-and-greets.

I went to New Zealand this year, and, whew man, I know a lot of people want to go there. But let me just tell you, it's 22 hours by plane. So, if you have the opportunity, don't.

I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the myths and legends in the books.

I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see.

I truly enjoyed Greece - Santorini. That's somewhere that I always want to be.

Opening day -- or Opening Day. Depending on how you feel about it.

We've had such a close relationship with the fans. Through social networking and the internet, we have much more contact, and we did go to things like Comic-Con. So, I think people know most of our secrets.