Ben Howland Quotes

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If you went and did a microscopic investigative report at Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, Carolina, Indiana – what are you talking about? You’re always going to have some stuff come out that will be looked upon as not being good.

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Tweeting – let’s be honest: it’s like I’m the center of the universe; it’s all about me. Everybody is listening to my every thought, and my current thought at this very moment is… it’s ridiculous.

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There’s no question that I’ve made mistakes along the way when you look at recruiting in terms of evaluations of players or character in an instance or two.

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I get to work with the best and the brightest at UCLA. We get to recruit great kids, and that makes coaching very fun for me.

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Kevin Stallings has been a picture of consistency at Vanderbilt.

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It’s a real advantage in basketball to have great hands.

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I don’t always show my emotion. You don’t always get to see it.

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It’s hard to get a job. There are more lawyers within a five-mile radius of wherever you’re sitting than there are Division I jobs.

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Winning, to me, is relief; losing is like dying. It’s gut-wrenching.

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You can never blame somebody for wanting to go home.

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Putting your feet in ice cold water? That’s not fun.

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Northern Arizona was a job no one had ever survived, and a lot of people said I was crazy to take it. But to build a program and win there gave me a lot of confidence when people said we couldn’t do it at Pitt.

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I just try to control what I can control.

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There’s no question we made a couple mistakes there at UCLA at the very end.

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I don’t get to fish that much, believe me.

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Everybody makes mistakes. I’m definitely not perfect.

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There are things that I will think about, that I have been a part of because I was the head coach at UCLA, that I will always cherish. I grew up loving this program as a kid.

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I was raised to believe you are supposed to love everybody.

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I’m a good coach. I do the right things for my players, and I try to support them; I try to help them almost to a fault.

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The summer in Arizona is too hot.

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Field-goal percentage is very important.

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My first introduction to Russell Westbrook was as a leader. It was pretty impressive.

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Both my children have degrees from UCLA.

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My team at Pittsburgh is the greatest example of unselfishness and giving of oneself. They bought into that, and it’s brought those kids championships, and it’s brought all those kids so much glory.

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It’s very painful to lose, and it’s a very difficult process to go through, especially at a place like UCLA where the standards are very high.

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The number one thing in recruiting in terms of making it a great job is players in your own area.

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I coached Brandin Knight at Pitt, who was unbelievable, and also Carl Krauser.

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Basketball movies don’t really accentuate the flow of the game.

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I know I’m a really good coach.

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UCLA will always be involved with great players, and those players always draw scrutiny. That’s just the way it is.

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I just like to win.

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One of the very best things about being a coach or student-athlete at UCLA is if you need medical attention, you won‘t find any better place in the country than at the incomparable UCLA Medical Center.

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I try to be honest. I try to take the high road. That’s all I can do.

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I watch a lot of games and analyze a lot.

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I’ve had a number of kids in the NBA that I’ve coached and a number of other great players that I’ve coached.

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You should want to run if you’re a player, shouldn’t you, on offense?

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I’m a good person and a good guy.

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This is UCLA. The expectations are higher here than anywhere. The amount of success both in terms of championships and wins as well as success off the floor has been second to none in college basketball. I knew that when I took this job. I know the expectation level, and no one has higher expectations than I do.

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Archie Miller does a fantastic job at Dayton.

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That’s why I’m here at UCLA – to help them win a national championship.

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You’re only as good as your next game.

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I can’t think of much higher praise to give a player than to say, ‘This point guard reminds me of Jason Kidd.’

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Losses are always bad. They’re always tough. Doesn’t matter what year.

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I had a relationship with John Wooden. I spoke at his memorial service.