243 Quotes by Kelvin Sampson

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.

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.

In basketball, there are no trap games. If you walk out on that court and lose a game, it's because the other team beat you. You played poorly. But there's no trap game.

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.

I loved the NBA. I really did.

I used to think 63 was old.

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.

There's some things assistant coaches aren't ready to do. They're not the head coach.

One of the ways to use your depth is to play with speed.