Kelvin Sampson Quotes

I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best.

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.

I adapt to things quickly, including good things, which I wish I could shut off sometimes.

Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

Stubbornness and ignorance and determination are a very fine line from each other. I'm a very stubborn person, but not so stubborn that I can't learn new things and meet new people, but I have a one-track mind.

And again, hast thou valued Patience, Courage, Perseverance, Openness to light; readiness to own thyself mistaken, to do better next time

I know what I'm trying to say, so I'm always open to learning how to say it.

I try not to be an ideologue about anything. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and I'm willing to evolve.

I'm kind of old to change. But if somebody were to come to me and say, 'You know what, Valerie? I think if you were to do this it would be more helpful,' of course I would listen to that.

There are reasons to set boundaries for yourself, but there are also reasons to keep doors open.

I am very reactive and malleable. I have to figure out when to be hands on and hands off. If I am hands on all the time, I can't do too much. But my attitude works in a certain way. So the idea is to spread your personality, your attitude.

For me, it's about controlling what I can control. I can't control where I'm going to be put on the pitch. I can only control my effort and my ability to embrace anything thrown at me.

What we can control is our readiness.

I can only control what I can control. I can't control plays called for me.

I'm an improvisational actor. I like to do my own thing. But once in a while, I think you should have the self-restraint to let someone else dictate the story.

I'm a coachable person. I don't like to lead myself. I've been taught by great people, and I was able to listen to them.

I never get too over-confident, or too down. I just go with the flow.

If you ever want to tame your inner demons, you must consciously choose never to become too attached to any particular life plan - and always remain open to the idea that there might be an even better life plan for you.

A responsible Warrior is one who has proved able to observe and to learn.

Raise your standards for the one thing over which you have complete control--yourse lf. It means you're committed to being intelligent, flexible, and creative enough to consistently find a way to look at your life in a fashion that makes any experience enriching.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.

I know that some people have different personas for the different things they do, and I'm not criticizing that - maybe it's a good thing - but I'm the same old person, so I take everything in stride.