Football Quotes by Kelvin Sampson

I always coached mostly the have-not schools.

— Kelvin Sampson

I loved the NBA. I really did.

— Kelvin Sampson

I don't think the fans pull for or against a coach.

— Kelvin Sampson

Tough teams win when the shots are not going.

— Kelvin Sampson

The coaching community is really tight-knit.

— Kelvin Sampson

Indiana basketball is bigger than one person.

— Kelvin Sampson

I learned a lot in the NBA.

— Kelvin Sampson

I liked coaching in an underdog situation.

— Kelvin Sampson

There's some things assistant coaches aren't ready to do. They're not the head coach.

— Kelvin Sampson

The reason you get into coaching in the first place is to help and develop, try to make people better.

— Kelvin Sampson

The bad teams in our league are the ones who don't pass the ball well.

— Kelvin Sampson

You don't want to get stuck playing 40 minutes a game with your small lineup.

— Kelvin Sampson

Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.

— Kelvin Sampson

Coaching is what I love to do, and I think I'm pretty good at it.

— Kelvin Sampson

In this business, a lot of coaches are running around thinking they're the reason their teams are winning.

— Kelvin Sampson

Coaching is competitively addictive. It just gets in your blood, especially if you win.

— Kelvin Sampson

Teams that just play on one side of the floor are going to struggle against defenses that load up on that side.

— Kelvin Sampson

Guys like Andre Miller and Kevin Garnett - they're posting up hoping a second guy will run at them so they can…

— Kelvin Sampson

Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to…

— Kelvin Sampson

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

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

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

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

The one thing that young coaches should do is if there is an NBA team in your area, get to training camp…

— Kelvin Sampson

If you are an Oklahoma football fan, you have one of the best football programs in the nation.

— Kelvin Sampson

Sometimes players just take a little while to develop.

— Kelvin Sampson

K-State is a dangerous team. Those are the kind of teams you don't want to see in the tournament.

— Kelvin Sampson

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

When I first got to Oklahoma, it was really a blessing that coach Sutton was at Oklahoma State. He made me a…

— Kelvin Sampson

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