Kelvin Sampson

You remember all your teachers.

— Kelvin Sampson

It's a big deal to get to the NCAA Tournament.

— Kelvin Sampson

Any time you work with your son, it's special.

— 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

I've always been a goal-oriented person.

— Kelvin Sampson

I used to think 63 was old.

— Kelvin Sampson

I've had teams where we've had to get on a bus for 200 miles, play a game, and then drive 200 miles back.

— Kelvin Sampson

I have never intentionally provided false and misleading information to the NCAA.

— Kelvin Sampson

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

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

— Kelvin Sampson

There were a lot of things that happened at Indiana that I was proud of.

— Kelvin Sampson

Sometimes Kellen calls me 'Coach.' Sometimes he calls me 'Pops.'

— Kelvin Sampson

Brandon Rush is not just one of the best freshmen in the league, he's one of the best players.

— Kelvin Sampson

Sometimes the harder you work, the more likely you are to maybe break a rule.

— Kelvin Sampson

I'm saying when young men get to the NCAA Tournament, let's find a way to get their parents and their brothers and…

— Kelvin Sampson

When I left college ball, I think I was prepared to coach a team, but I don't think I was prepared to…

— Kelvin Sampson

My main influence was my father. He was a great high school coach. I thought one day, if I got lucky, I…

— 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

As an outsider, when you think of Indiana, you think about a place that not only has championships but a championship tradition.

— 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

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

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

With federal recognition, the Lumbee Tribe would become a full player in Indian country, no longer second class Indians in the eyes…

— Kelvin Sampson

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

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

The thing that surprised me is you hear a lot about NBA guys, do they really want to be coached? My experience…

— Kelvin Sampson

Tim is old school. He plays that way. That's why a lot of fans identify more with a Tim Heskett than with…

— Kelvin Sampson

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

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

I like that there is a lot of work to be done.

— Kelvin Sampson

Tough teams win when the shots are not going.

— Kelvin Sampson

My dad has always been my role model.

— Kelvin Sampson

Indiana basketball is bigger than one person.

— Kelvin Sampson

The coaching community is really tight-knit.

— Kelvin Sampson

It was never my intent to come back to college.

— Kelvin Sampson

I've had kind of a nondescript college career.

— Kelvin Sampson

I was comfortable in Pullman; I really was.

— Kelvin Sampson