The bad teams in our league are the ones who don't pass the ball well. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
You don't want to get stuck playing 40 minutes a game with your small lineup. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
There's some things assistant coaches aren't ready to do. They're not the head coach. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
The reason you get into coaching in the first place is to help and develop, try to make people better. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
K-State is a dangerous team. Those are the kind of teams you don't want to see in the tournament. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
In basketball, there are no trap games. If you walk out on that court and lose a game, it's because the other… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
When you decide to go into coaching, obviously you don't forget why. That's to help develop young people, help them chase their… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
Guys like Andre Miller and Kevin Garnett - they're posting up hoping a second guy will run at them so they can… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
Teams that just play on one side of the floor are going to struggle against defenses that load up on that side. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
The one thing that young coaches should do is if there is an NBA team in your area, get to training camp… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
When I first got to Oklahoma, it was really a blessing that coach Sutton was at Oklahoma State. He made me a… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
The most overrated thing is that you're a good defensive team because of your coaching. No. You're a good defensive team because… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
In this business, a lot of coaches are running around thinking they're the reason their teams are winning. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
If you are an Oklahoma football fan, you have one of the best football programs in the nation. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
Coaching is competitively addictive. It just gets in your blood, especially if you win. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
There are incredible decisions made in a 48-minute game with a 24-second shot clock and the last two minutes of a game. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
You coach at a have-not school, and you have to have a competitiveness and a resolve and resiliency about you that's different,… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
I learned quickly in the NBA that you keep one eye open at all times and one ear closed. You can't react… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
I didn't realize the difference between coaching college and coaching the NBA. It's a totally different animal. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share
Nobody believed in us. Everybody made fun of Houston basketball. I can't say I blamed 'em. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share
As an outsider, when you think of Indiana, you think about a place that not only has championships but a championship tradition. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share
The one thing about Lumbee people is that there's so many stereotypes about Native Americans, especially reservation Native Americans, and we all tend to… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share
One of the first things people think of when they think of Native Americans is reservations. We didn't have any idea what that was.… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share
The one thing that young coaches should do is if there is an NBA team in your area, get to training camp and see… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share
When I was at Oklahoma, I always felt like I had to control the game because we didn't have great scorers. So, I had… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share
