John Calipari did a Q & A with Reid Forgrave of Fox Sports 1 and answered a lot of questions about last year’s team. 40-0, Louisville, and coaching in the NBA.
The most interesting part I thought was when Cal spoke about recruiting and how he can’t believe that every recruit doesn’t come with him to Kentucky.
Sometimes people are crying. I ask a young player, “What’s your why?” He says his why in front of him, his mother. He says: “That’s my why, that woman right there.” And she bawls. I’m crying.
Now, they all don’t come with me. They know this isn’t for everybody. You got to want to share, you got to want to say: “I want to get better, and taking the most shots or playing the most minutes isn’t going to get me where I’m trying to go. Being the center of attention by myself is not getting me where I’m trying to go.”
I look at some kids and I say: “If you don’t come with me, you must be smoking crack.” I mean, what are you thinking? But you know what? They all don’t want to come with me.
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You would have to think it is pretty crazy to turn down a winning lottery ticket and all they had to do was give one year of their life to John Calipari and the University of Kentucky.
