Kelvin Sampson Quotes

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Kelvin Sampson

Profession : Coach

Birth : October 5, 1955

The coaching community is really tight-knit.

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We have the wrong people chasing Osama bin Laden. It ought to be athletic directors and reporters. They'll find you.

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I liked coaching in an underdog situation.

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I was comfortable in Pullman; I really was.

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

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What's an easier way to say 'bad?' Let's go with 'abysmal.'

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

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I learned a lot in the NBA.

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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.

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The reason you get into coaching in the first place is to help and develop, try to make people better.

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I'm really proud of what we are building at the University of Houston, and hope I spend the rest of my career here.

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The most important thing in the world to me is my faith and my family.

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I just coach my team. I just focus on coaching my team.

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The people who know me, know me. Those are the only ones I worry about.

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When I was at Oklahoma, I didn't think it could get any bigger than that.

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I came to Indiana for one reason: I think you can win championships at Indiana.

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

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I've always been a goal-oriented person.

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The thing that surprised me is you hear a lot about NBA guys, do they really want to be coached? My experience is they really do want to be coached. They want a plan: 'How are we going to win the game?' And they'll follow that plan.

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Scott Skiles is one of the best coaches in the NBA, someone I observe and learn from on a day-to-day basis.

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