Kelvin Sampson Quotes

If I make it in the NBA or wind up playing overseas, I will be at peace.

I remember as a young player I had this dream of playing in the NBA.

If you know people around me, even in college, I was confident, but the possible thought of making it to the NBA was crazy.

I'm living my dream, getting to play in the NBA, getting to play basketball.

I've always wanted to make it to the NBA and be on a team, so whatever team drafts me I'm going to be happy with.

I've also always known that I wouldn't be playing for the N.B.A.

Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to stay there.

Every time I'd ever stepped on a basketball court, AAU, middle school, high school, I always thought about the NBA.

At first, I was thinking about just getting to the NBA, just watching the NBA, being one of the All-Stars in the NBA.

I think everybody's goal is to make the NBA. My goal is to be a star.

It's always been my goal to make it to the NBA.

I didn't think reaching the NBA was a possibility when I coached Derby in 1990. I was right out of college when I went there and was more concerned about playing a bit and getting that out of my system.

If the opportunity to go to the NBA is there, then I'm going to take it.

To be honest with you, I always thought I was going to be in the NBA.

What kid who was playing basketball didn't have the dream about going to the NBA? It's the biggest and final step.

I just wanted to get to the NBA. I never thought I would have a career that I've had now.

You never think that you're going to be in the NBA but be an All-Star as well.

Some people are born and train their whole life to be an NBA player. But some people, if it doesn't work out, then they have no other option.

People don't understand how hard it is to get to the NBA and that's where I want to be.

I had never dreamed about the NBA like some guys did. I was a non-scholarship player at an NAIA college. I played on the Boys and Girls Club team in my freshman and sophomore years of high school before I made the high school team. I was our backup center in college.

I knew I wasn't going to play for the NBA.

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

Obviously, I'm not chasing the NBA.

I always wanted to be a Sixer... I always wanted to finish my career as a Sixer.

For me, when I was in high school, that was my ultimate dream, was to make it to the NBA.