You don't want to get stuck playing 40 minutes a game with your small lineup. — Kelvin Sampson Football Copy Share Image
Leaving Oklahoma for Illinois is not the no-brainer some think it is. — Kelvin Sampson Illinois Copy Share Image
Nobody believed in us. Everybody made fun of Houston basketball. I can't say I blamed 'em. — Kelvin Sampson Basketball Copy Share Image
The bad teams in our league are the ones who don't pass the ball well. — Kelvin Sampson Bad Copy Share Image
I always talk about my dad because he was a coach, and I became a coach. — Kelvin Sampson Always Copy Share Image
I was not real good at anything. I was just OK at everything. — Kelvin Sampson Anything 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 Ball 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 Anything 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 Basketball Copy Share Image
I'm really proud of what we are building at the University of Houston, and hope I spend the rest of my career… — Kelvin Sampson Building 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 Football Copy Share Image
I didn't realize the difference between coaching college and coaching the NBA. It's a totally different animal. — Kelvin Sampson Animal Copy Share Image
Some guys have all this talent, and you wonder why they can't put it all together. Well, they don't do any of… — Kelvin Sampson Guys Copy Share Image
Scott Skiles was a master tactician - they're all masters, but he is elite. He knew how to manipulate his team from… — Kelvin Sampson Elite Copy Share Image
Racism was a big part of our community. I'm not going to revisit history, and I'm not going to call out those… — Kelvin Sampson Around 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 Coaching 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 Coached Copy Share Image
With federal recognition, the Lumbee Tribe would become a full player in Indian country, no longer second class Indians in the eyes… — Kelvin Sampson Eyes Copy Share Image
Kevin McHale was a master communicator and knows how to coach stars, and that's a unique gift because you take an old-school… — Kelvin Sampson Cats Copy Share Image
The one thing about Lumbee people is that there's so many stereotypes about Native Americans, especially reservation Native Americans, and we all… — Kelvin Sampson American Copy Share Image
My father had four jobs every summer. He taught driver's education. He sold World Book Encyclopedias. He sold life insurance. He worked… — Kelvin Sampson Books 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 Best Copy Share Image
My personality is more like my mother's. She was fiery. She had more of a temper. I always thought she had enough… — Kelvin Sampson Children Copy Share Image
