John Calipari Quotes

If people have to tell you how successful they are, they really aren't that successful.

Boasting of glory does not make glory.

There are a lot of people very sure of themselves that need to be brought back down to Earth. As good as they think they are, they're really not.

I don't want to be that guy that thinks he is a high draft pick and that he has it all.

I never wanted to be 'the big I-Am.'

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

Don't act like you've arrived when you're just receiving the invitation.

People get successful and they start saying, 'Well of course I am! I was chosen! I'm special!' No, you're not.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

I don't want to believe my own hype.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

My mom has always said that if I get a big head, she'll take me out of this business as quickly as I got into it.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

The more people that praise you, the more there is danger to develop arrogance.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off.

I don't know how humble a person can be while consistently spouting statements like 'I, Donald Trump, am a totally gifted politician,' or 'I'm, like, a smart person.'

Always thinking that you're not very good is far better than being cocky.

You have seen in football that if you start to think you are the 'Special One,' or that you are better than the others, that is the moment when you will be beaten.