Scott Skiles is one of the best coaches in the NBA, someone I observe and learn from on a day-to-day basis. — 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
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
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
I didn't realize the difference between coaching college and coaching the NBA. It's a totally different animal. — 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 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
The thing that surprised me is you hear a lot about NBA guys, do they really want to be coached? My experience… — 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
