I always talk about my dad because he was a coach, and I became a coach. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
I didn't want to end my coaching career as an assistant in the NBA. — 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
All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
My main influence was my father. He was a great high school coach. I thought one day, if I got lucky, I… — 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
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
I'm 50 years old and been a college coach for 23 years, but after 12 years, no matter where you are, there… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
My heading was NBA head coach. I didn't want to be back in college for a lot of reasons. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
My dad was a high school coach for 30-plus years in North Carolina, and he was inducted into the North Carolina High… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
I don't think I was a good enough coach to help an NBA team win a game when I first got to… — 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
