Carolina Quotes
We want the younger guys, the younger brothers to have it better than we had it
Kelvin Sampson Carolinian
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Remarks at a Final Four news conference and in a phone conversation with William C. Rhoden, Indianapolis, April 2, 2021; Andscape, April 3, 2021
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- Kelvin Sampson recalls racism he fought growing up in North Carolina
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- 2021
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