My dad was a high school coach for 30-plus years in North Carolina, and he was inducted into the North Carolina High School Coaches Hall of Fame. He's the best coach I've known, in every way, all the way around… — 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 could be a head high school coach. — 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
Nobody believed in us. Everybody made fun of Houston basketball. I can't say I blamed 'em. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
