John Calipari Quotes

The music industry is an unforgiving place, and it shall unceremoniously show you the door if you can't perform to high standards.

It wasn't just OK to achieve in my family - it was expected.

I'm the worst employer I could wish for because I push myself hard.

When a coach arrives at Juve, he has to win every Sunday, no draw matters, all that matters are the three points.

Call me old-fashioned, but it's always been my firm belief that a teacher's job should be for each of his or her students to finish the year with a grade of 100%.

When it comes to United, if you don't win everything, it's not good enough.

Film people can be quite ruthless and tough. I think it's because the industry is filled with talented, driven people chasing nowhere near enough work.

When you take over at Kansas, they've always won, so you're expected to win.

We Americans are hard on almost everything. We are hard on our vehicles, our marriages and our heroes. Mostly, however, we are hard on ourselves.

When I'm working, I'm insufferable because I get stuck with myself, and suddenly I become obsessive, thinking about how to make something better.

I think it's true for all of us, if you find yourself doing really well at something, then the pressure is on you to try to improve.

Believe me, I'm much easier to be around when we win than when we lose.

Parents who press their children to succeed do so in hopes of preparing them for an adulthood of high achievement.

Chinese parents always think you can do better. But it comes from wanting you to succeed.

When you win, you are at the top, and when you lose, you are a stupid manager.

My dad was very strict. He was absolutely the Tiger Dad. You know, 'You got a 98% on this test? Why didn't you get 100?' That was normal life for my brothers and I.

My senior year was crazy. We were defending champions, we were on national TV just about every weekend, and we were winning. Teams always brought their best when they went up against us, and we always matched it.

I love to have the pressure of having to win every game, love the pressure of keeping clean sheets every game, no matter if we're 5-0 or 6-0 up.

It is hard to enjoy life in a national team.

Once my junior year finished at Florida State, I won the Rhodes Scholarship and I was also projected as a second-round draft pick.

My mom to this day is the hardest coach I've ever had. There were times when my stepdad would look at me and say 'you had a good game' and my mom would be like 'I don't know what you're talking about, you had 2 or 3 turnovers.

I think my parents - my mother in particular - always believed I should go as far as I could with my studies. There was no pressure, but at each step there were people who you admired, and you strived to those levels.

Real Madrid are obliged to win always - this jersey makes it an obligation.

We know the history of players at Real Madrid and things are not easy at that club.

My parents were typical Asian parents, and they do, like all parents, want their children to be successful. They really encouraged my brother and I to study math and science, and that's what we did as kids.