A Quote by John Calipari
My wife runs the house. She raised our kids with me only partly there. It's just what coaching is. A lot of times, you're raising other people's children, sometimes at the expense of your own. I hope that wasn't the case with my children, but at times, it probably was.
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Children laugh 150 times a day ... adults 6 times per day.
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