Ben Howland
Ben Howland

You're always trying to learn from the past to plot a course in the future that will be better. You're always trying to learn.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

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
Ben Howland

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.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

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

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

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

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

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

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

Field-goal percentage is very important.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

Flagstaff, up in the mountains where I lived, there is 130 inches of snow a year.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

Las Vegas is a big draw. There are a lot things to do there other than basketball.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

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
Ben Howland

At UCLA, there will always be high expectations. That's why you want to play here or coach here.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

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.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

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
Ben Howland

Archie Miller does a fantastic job at Dayton.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

We've got to get everybody to sacrifice, be on same page, be a team.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

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
Ben Howland

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
Ben Howland

I know I'm a really good coach.

Ben Howland
Ben Howland

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
Ben Howland

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.