Ben Howland Quotes

Ben Howland

Profession : Coach

Birth : May 28, 1957

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

Ben Howland

My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.

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Usually you have a feel for what a kid's abilities are by the end of their sophomore year.

Ben Howland

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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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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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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Pittsburgh is a football town.

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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 will never leave UCLA and will stay at UCLA as long they will have me.

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No one is perfect. I would never claim to be that person.

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Everybody makes mistakes. I'm definitely not perfect.

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What is the NCAA going to do a program if a kid leaves before two years. You can't control it. The NBA is the one that has to control it.

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This is always one of my big pet peeves is that 65% of NBA players, three years out of the NBA, are broke. I mean, so, maybe maturing a little more on the front end and getting an education might serve you well down the road.

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Typically, you'll see that zones work better in November than in February. As the season goes on, teams get better and better at attacking zones, and it becomes harder to become an effective zone defense as the season progresses. But early on, it can be can good at times.

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

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When you take over a screwed-up situation, you need time.

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

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It still comes down to attracting players, and UCLA can attract players as well as any place in the country.

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