Coach Quote by Jim Boeheim

I believed I could play in the NBA.

— Kawhi Leonard

Yeah, I always thought I'd make it to the NBA.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player.

— Jon Gruden

I don't think I was a good enough coach to help an NBA team win a game when I first got to that league.

— Kelvin Sampson

That's a dream of mine, to be able to coach at the NBA level.

— John Starks

I'm the coach I could show you how to be a player.

— Wiz Khailfa

If I'd gone straight to the NBA, I don't think I would have been ready as a player or a person.

— Kevin Durant

I don't think when I decided I didn't want to be an accountant any more that I was necessarily saying I wanted to be…

— Nick Nurse

I just wanted to be as good of a basketball player as I could.

— Lauri Markkanen

I didn't want to end my coaching career as an assistant in the NBA.

— Kelvin Sampson

All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.

— Kelvin Sampson

I just wanted to get to the NBA. I never thought I would have a career that I've had now.

— Robert Horry