A biography for Kelvin Sampsonhasn’t been written yet.
“Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to stay there.”
“I'm 50 years old and been a college coach for 23 years, but after 12 years, no matter where you are, there are ups and downs.”
“I didn't want to end my coaching career as an assistant in the NBA.”
“The University of Houston is a program that should have national relevance.”
“When I first got to Oklahoma, it was really a blessing that coach Sutton was at Oklahoma State. He made me a better coach.”
“The bad teams in our league are the ones who don't pass the ball well.”
“You remember all your teachers.”
“I just coach my team. I just focus on coaching my team.”
“I always talk about my dad because he was a coach, and I became a coach.”
“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 to figure a way to win.”
“There's some things assistant coaches aren't ready to do. They're not the head coach.”
“I never thought the NCAA violations for the phone call would ever rise to the level it did.”
“The most overrated thing is that you're a good defensive team because of your coaching. No. You're a good defensive team because you care and because it's important to you.”
“My personality is more like my mother's. She was fiery. She had more of a temper. I always thought she had enough determination that she could do anything. She could fix anything. I think all children need that feeling from their parents.”
“I used to think 63 was old.”
“I was not real good at anything. I was just OK at everything.”
“I didn't realize the difference between coaching college and coaching the NBA. It's a totally different animal.”
“Washington State was a tough recruiting spot.”
“My heading was NBA head coach. I didn't want to be back in college for a lot of reasons.”
“Racism was a big part of our community. I'm not going to revisit history, and I'm not going to call out those communities, but the communities we grew up around, we were treated like second- or third-class citizens.”