At UCLA, there will always be high expectations. That's why you want to play here or coach here. Ben Howland More Quotes by Ben Howland More Quotes From Ben Howland One thing a shooter loves is to make his first shot. He makes his first shot from three; that builds confidence. Ben Howland makeone-thingconfidencethree Field-goal percentage is very important. Ben Howland percentageveryimportant Everybody makes mistakes. I'm definitely not perfect. Ben Howland makesmistakesnot-perfectperfect It's amazing, as a player and as a coach, how you always remember the tough losses better than the victories. They're just way more vivid. Ben Howland amazingbetteryouremember I know I'm a really good coach. Ben Howland reallycoachgoodknow The Reeves Nelson debacle, that hurt me. There are certain things regarding him that I couldn't say then and still can't. But I should have pulled the plug on him after his sophomore year. We tried to make it work, but we couldn't make it happen. Ben Howland memake-it-happenhurtwork For the most part, I've been very, very blessed and been lucky to have great kids. We want to recruit great kids, good people. For the most part, we've done that. Ben Howland greatgoodblessedpeople 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. Ben Howland mistakeslookyoucharacter I don't know where people got that I didn't have a good relationship with my players. I'm demanding, yes; I'm on their butt. I expect 100%, but they all knew I loved them, I cared for them, and I'll always be there for them. Ben Howland lovedgoodrelationshippeople I always think I put more pressure on myself than I feel from anywhere else. Ben Howland feelmyselfthinkpressure 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. Ben Howland jobknowcollegesuccess I'm a good person and a good guy. Ben Howland persongoodgood-personguy 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. Ben Howland helptrygoodsupport 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. Ben Howland thoughtmemomentuniverse 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. Ben Howland willgoodyoutalking You're not going to see Bill Walton or Kareem coming in every three years. Those days are over. That's what makes the job so difficult. But it's the dream job for anyone who has spent a career in coaching and has a sense of what UCLA means. Ben Howland jobseeyoudream I watch a lot of games and analyze a lot. Ben Howland analyzewatchlotgames You should want to run if you're a player, shouldn't you, on offense? Ben Howland runyoushouldwant That's AAU ball. That's what you do: 'I want to get out there first and score.' You see it in games during the summer. There are not a lot of great blockouts going on. Ben Howland greatseeyouwant Las Vegas is a big draw. There are a lot things to do there other than basketball. Ben Howland bigthingsvegasbasketball
