A biography for Kelvin Sampsonhasn’t been written yet.
“You coach at a have-not school, and you have to have a competitiveness and a resolve and resiliency about you that's different, or you'll never make it. You've got to find a way to do more with less.”
“Tough teams win when the shots are not going.”
“There are incredible decisions made in a 48-minute game with a 24-second shot clock and the last two minutes of a game.”
“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.”
“When I left college ball, I think I was prepared to coach a team, but I don't think I was prepared to help the team win.”
“Little old University of Houston jumping up, swinging with the big boys, and that's something to take pride in. I'm happy for our fans, I'm happy for our alumni, but more importantly, I'm happy for our players.”
“Kevin McHale was a master communicator and knows how to coach stars, and that's a unique gift because you take an old-school guy that's used to coaching his way, he'd have a hard time coaching them cats now, but Kevin knows how, and he has the patience of Job.”
“We have the wrong people chasing Osama bin Laden. It ought to be athletic directors and reporters. They'll find you.”
“Dreams do come true.”
“Being Native American, we were different than everybody else, but I never felt like I was different.”
“Coaching is what I love to do, and I think I'm pretty good at it.”
“Scott Skiles was a master tactician - they're all masters, but he is elite. He knew how to manipulate his team from an X's-and-O's standpoint.”
“I'm saying when young men get to the NCAA Tournament, let's find a way to get their parents and their brothers and sisters a plane ticket and a hotel room. I don't think that's asking too much.”
“Karen is as good a coach's wife as I've ever been around, and she's better than most. She loves basketball and has a great understanding of my responsibilities, my possession.”
“I have made the very difficult decision to leave my position as head coach of the men's basketball team at Indiana University.”
“Pembroke is my foundation. Everything that I've become is because of those people.”
“I don't think the fans pull for or against a coach.”
“It was never my intent to come back to college.”
“The one thing that young coaches should do is if there is an NBA team in your area, get to training camp and see the coaching that goes on.”
“I had to take care of my family. That was my No. 1 goal.”