Ben Howland Quotes

I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.

I won't miss coaching. What you miss is that camaraderie with those boys and the other coaches. You miss that.

I coach at Rutgers University and help out there as a part-time assistant coach. I feel like the coach is kind of in me, and it would also be great exposure, so I'd be down for it, for sure.

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

The opportunity to coach Kerry Kittles I wouldn't give up for anything.

Troy Walters and I coached together.

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.

I think in the history of basketball, people get hired and people get fired, but the main thing is people enjoy their careers and enjoy that they have jobs, so you really have to stay positive about everything.

I don't ever remember wanting to do anything but coach. My dad obviously influenced me. But it wasn't because he sat there and drilled coaching stuff into our heads. We were on the bench keeping the scorebook and traveling with the team on weekends. It was such a great upbringing.

I took a lot of pride, honestly, in hiring these young guys, that not only to become future head coaches, but I wanted young guys that could help me - guys that can coach, guys that could study, guys that loved it, that would do it for nothing. That's how I got into coaching with the 49ers when John McVay hired me.

I also wanted to play with Peyton Manning because I thought he could teach me a lot, and he did.

I spent my first twenty years in Morocco, where I coached the national team.

I coached in Washington - and in Washington, you lose the ballgame, it's a bad Monday, I just want to tell you that.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations.

Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.

My teammates at Duke - all of them, black and white - were a band of brothers who came together to play at the highest level for the best coach in basketball.

I am lucky because I get to work with the smartest, most creative, and most devoted group of students and postdoctoral fellows imaginable.

I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

The coach doesn't have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

No head coach does it by himself. I don't care who the coach is or how great he might be. Mike Krzyzewski is is a great friend of mine and he's a great coach but he has great, great assistant coaches and they bring a lot to the table and that's what it takes.