John Calipari Quotes

It's no easy task to coach the national team. I never realised to what extent one becomes the property of the people.

I think I have some ideas on coaching, but listen, coaches work harder than players. The hours they put in, the headaches that they have. That's the one thing I've never liked about coaching. They have all the emotion, passion and preparation without actually getting to be able to dictate what happens.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.

I think it's very hard for coaches to work with me. They'll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they're under a lot of pressure.

For seven years, I was in this fishbowl with this intensity, with all the stuff that went on with the Mets.

You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night.

Just because you are on TV, it doesn't mean you're not going to make mistakes.

Being manager means living in the middle of the media attention, through praise and critics. This is something I live with. It's intense and very demanding.

At Bayern, the bar is set very high, and we all know how to deal with it. We live with that amount of pressure every day, otherwise we wouldn't be able to maintain our level of performances.

A lot of kids my age can make a lot of mistakes, but college athletes that are in the spotlight, you have to grow up so much faster than regular students or regular kids your age because you are a public figure, so you get one shot, sometimes two.

When you do things wrong, even a couple of mistakes, the press has the right to criticise. Much more so when you're a goalkeeper - who remain in the spotlight forever.

Sometimes I was wrong about my players. Sometimes I want more and more from them; sometimes I am so demanding, but they showed me how good they are.

If you live in the overlapping world of politics and media, as I am learning, anything less than full transparency can potentially do you in.

I understand that we're paid a lot of money and we're in the limelight. When things don't go well, there's deserved criticism.

There's no job that will humble you like the White House press secretary job.

The most difficult problem about coaching at Notre Dame is losing early.

Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it.

While I have no desire to see Mr. Obama's birth certificate, I do want to see his college transcripts.

Failure is quite easy to handle because no one is looking at you. Success is difficult to keep and not everyone could handle it.

When you are playing for a top club, when the pressure is on, when scrutiny is everywhere, you need some privacy. You need a place away from public view where people can be open, and, at times, difficult conversations need to be had.

Coaches often sting me to get the best of me. I am used to it.

Sometimes I look at myself and think: have I been too hard in terms of pushing and challenging the players? But I only think about that for five minutes and then I say I am doing okay because they need to be pushed and challenged.

You really have to think a lot before speaking, and the things that are written about you, sometimes you might not like it.

I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.