catmandoo
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posted 04-24-2015 03:44 PM
Interesting story on how Cal got interested in basketball.
"My dad played softball with the baseball coach, whose assistant coach was the basketball coach. That’s how I got involved in basketball. As a third-, fourth- and fifth-grader, the people I looked up to were teachers and coaches. That’s when you start saying, ‘That’s what I want to do.’"
Calipari said becoming a coach was not influenced by watching TV and NBA games.
"It was my life. Can you imagine living today? When we grew up and you were in your area. If you took a vacation, then you drove to it. I’m not that old. I didn’t get on a plane until I was 19," Calipari said.
"Everything was localized. You had three TV stations – CBS, ABC, and NBC. That’s it. You had the wires and sometimes you had to stand there and move to get signal. That’s how it was. It’s different now.
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