Kelvin Sampson Quotes

I think people who know ball and know me know that I'm a good coach.

As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.

It is up to the coaches to tell me how to play.

I'm busy working on every aspect of my game - defense, shooting, rebounding - but I really want to become a better overall team player. Help my teammates become better players out on the court in order to win more ball games.

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

Who is the ally of the coach? Who's going to write, 'Man, that was a well-coached game.' Players win, coaches lose.

In this business, a lot of coaches are running around thinking they're the reason their teams are winning.

The Rockets have a philosophy of what they think their coach should be.

I just feel like when I come up against another team, I'll always look at their best players and I'll think, if I can stop these doing what they are doing, then I'll get noticed and I'll help the team as well.

I have been very fortunate to coach a lot of very good secondary players through the years.

Phil Jackson was a brilliant basketball coach, not just because of the offense that he employed, but it was so many other things that went into it.

To become a good coach, you need to win a lot.

The job as a coach is difficult.

I do a lot of things to help my team winning - set screens, roll into the rim, finishing. I think I can be even more than that.

It's amazing how much better coaches we become when you have really good players.

I was a competitor as a football player and I'm a competitor as a coach.

A good coach is good in the management of his men; he gives all of his players the desire to fight until the last.

The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.

I kept my speeches short as captain. I focused on the key points of the opposition of the day. As coach, I was never afraid to give long speeches to the players throughout our preparations. It was important they had all the information possible.

I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.