Ben Howland

One thing I've always prided myself on is understanding that to have success, you have to have high-character kids. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Archie Miller does a fantastic job at Dayton. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Field-goal percentage is very important. ”

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