John Calipari Quotes

I was the only kid out of six of us to go to college, primarily because my parents could not afford it.

My senior year of high school, I got into UCLA, but my family couldn't afford it.

We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.

I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.

I wouldn't have gone to a Division I school if I didn't have scholarship help. We couldn't afford it.

For me, if I wasn't going to get a full scholarship to go to school, I was going to go to the Army or Navy so I could avoid debt.

My mom made sure all her kids went to college.

I think my parents did want me to go to university just in case, but neither my mum or dad went to uni, so they couldn't talk.

My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships.

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government.

I now have two kids of my own in college, so I know how important it is that we keep the dream alive for every family and I share the concern about rising tuition costs.

Nontraditional students often have the misconception that aid is intended only for high school students entering college. Luckily, that's not the case.

So you can go to college on Pell Grants - maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it's turning out to be the welfare of the 21st century.

To go to USC without a scholarship is next to impossible.

The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.

I am here to give the American people some straight talk about higher education. Some have said we might have cut financial aid for college students. The truth is we have expanded access to college for our neediest students through the record growth of the Pell grant program.

When Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell first proposed the grants that now bear his name, he envisioned a way to help students attend our country's wonderful colleges and universities, so they could share in the American Dream.

When it comes to sending my children to college, I want the best education. It's the only thing I'm really leaving them - a good education.

You have a kid, and it's like, 'He's gotta go to college! Gotta have some clothes!'

I want to see kids go to college more.

My parents didn't pay for college because we all got scholarships.

Miss America paid for my junior and senior years in college.

I just believe strongly that anybody who wants to pursue additional education after high school ought to be given that chance.