243 Quotes by Kelvin Sampson

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    Duke is the premier basketball program in the nation. For us, this is a great opportunity, and to me, it is an honor to go to Duke and play. Playing Duke will be a great experience for our kids and will certainly prepare us for the wars we are going to have to play in the Big Ten.

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    Is that good or bad? The league is so talented, I don't know what advantage it gives you. There are about four or five teams in this league that are good enough to win it.

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    I see this as something like a snowball. Get it rolling, and it's got to start somewhere.

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    I've been at Oklahoma for 12 years, but I don't remember many times that I've left the court where I was embarrassed as I was tonight.

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    They are a good defensive team. We were trying to score as much as we could, but they just wouldn't let us.

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    The second half, we did a great job of running our stuff. We had great movement, we set great screens.

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    The strength of the team is up front now. But we don't have a guy who you know can give you points when the going gets tough.

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    I want a staff that could relate to young people, understand our values that our program will have and that will not only serve as a source of motivation but also guide young men to become better players, better students and better people. These two guys will be tremendous representatives of our program and our university.

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    Texas has kind of separated itself. They're the one team that cannot be at their best and win, because they're good. There's not that much difference between the rest of us right now. We're all searching.

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