John Calipari Quotes

Obviously, you want to help the team win in any way possible. If that's scoring goals, great.

Whenever I have the opportunity to come on, I try to do my best for the coach, and I try to help the team.

There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10.

I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It's just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else.

When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots.

It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.

You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.

I took a back seat and did whatever it took for the team to win.

I don't go out there to score goals, as I am just as happy if I provide an assist for a teammate.

It's always good to score, and if we want to do something as a team, you need your important players to be at their best.

You just go out there and try to compete and try to make a play for your teammates.

I just try to help my team win the best I can.

We need the whole squad, every player of the team, if we are to be successful.

I'm just trying to go out and do what I can to help the team win.

If I don't score, I try to give an assist; if I do score, I try to give an assist and score another.

You always want to score as many goals as possible, but the most important thing is if the team does well.

I would like to score a lot of goals, but the most important thing is to help the team.

NBA teams like to see guys who can help a team win a game in a lot of fashions.

I understand that at the end of the day it's about winning and if you win, we all look good - whether you come of the bench or you start.

Scoring isn't the only thing in this game.

I don't measure my performances in goals any more, it's more important that my team-mates see how hard I work for them.

For me I don't care if I don't score or assist if we win the game.

Benzema is a team player, he is very important for us. He always wants to score with us, but scoring is not everything to him.

I'm the guy who tries with my qualities to help on the field.

Everyone expects goals, and I want to score them, but most of all, I want to contribute to a successful team.