John Calipari Quotes

What one does easily, one does well.

I'm playing first base and pitching and hitting. I feel like I'm almost better than I've ever been. It's like, 'You're going to walk away like this?'

I'm not a great player, but I'm a damn good one.

Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but you have to develop a basic technique to know what you're doing at any given time.

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing.

No one can be an expected to be an expert at something before they have tried it.

A youngster should know his game first. If he knows his game, he can modify it at the top level if required. But if he doesn't know his game, then it is difficult to get success at international level. You will get success occasionally but not regularly.

Experience is everything in this league.

I pride myself on being able to make all the throws.

I mean, I've definitely found my thing, what I'm good at. Certain things that guys do keep them in the NBA a long time, but I've found what I'm good at, and I'm only going to continue to get better at that.

The guys in the top five, they're good everywhere. Me, I'm just almost one-dimensional.

It is one thing to have quality and another to be a great player.

Though I have no real understanding of the mechanics of football, and can only nod along helplessly at complex post-match analyses, I do enjoy watching people who are enormously good at something doing that thing very well.

A quality player is a quality player.

I've always had the speed, but the experience comes along naturally.

In most fields of endeavor there are no easy jobs; there are only graceful ways of performing difficult ones.

A guy like Malcolm who makes that type of quick, instinctive plays, that's one of his strong suits. I don't think it surprised any of us players because that's what his skill set is.

He(C. Ronaldo) makes the most difficult plays look easy.

I think the people that are best at something, they don't think about it much. That's the whole key to being good at anything.

Talent (a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving) × Investment (time spent practicing, developing your skills, and building your knowledge base) = Strength (the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance)

When you step out on the court, I don't think anybody thinks about age. Because if you're out on this tour it means you deserve to be here. You've got the skill. It must mean you know how to play.

Critics have always questioned whether players like Pele from the 50s could play today. Lionel Messi could play in the 1950s and the present day, as could Di Stefano, Pele, Maradona, Cruyff because they are all great players. Lionel Messi without question fits into that category.

He can play. He can shoot. He can dribble. He can pass. He's a great player. Period. No question about it. And if anyone thinks Dirk is not a great player, I'll punch them in their face.

I've worked on the physical side and I think I'm a player that can do most things.

Best football player I played against? I think Messi. He killed us.