Ben Howland Quotes

There's no perfect program. And everyone deals with stuff. You know, when you're Ohio State or some of these other big-time programs, stuff becomes a major deal.

A lot of people talk about the one-and-done attitude of college athletes, but if you look at the University of Kentucky, we do build winners.

I think we can benefit from being in the ACC. It's a great basketball league. If anything, it helps our recruiting.

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

College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.

Growing up in any sort of spotlight is difficult. Everything is magnified.

Let's be honest. Georgia, if you get the best players in this state, you should be winning championships.

I was the lead recruiter at Louisville. I think I signed four or five guys before I left.

I understand that we're paid a lot of money and we're in the limelight. When things don't go well, there's deserved criticism.

Being in the public eye puts you in a fix, and people are always wanting to know what you are up to.

You see, some kids, the college coaches are calling them at all hours of the night, saying the same thing over and over again.

There are great days ahead for the University of Maryland football program, and I hope I have helped to put the program in a better place than it was when I first got there.

One thing I remember, honestly, was how many great players Arizona State had.

When you play quarterback in the NFL, you're going to get scrutinized.

It's a lot more important to get quality young men and good student-athletes that can be successful at the University of Georgia. That's my No. 1 goal.

What happens in college is every year, or every two years, sometimes every three, you get a new flock of graduate assistants that come in even though the head coach remains the same.

If you take Haryana out of India, you'll lose 80% of your best sportspersons.

When you are playing for a top club, when the pressure is on, when scrutiny is everywhere, you need some privacy. You need a place away from public view where people can be open, and, at times, difficult conversations need to be had.

It's hard being in the public eye.

The 24-hour news cycle is kind of insatiable. Players in the '80s and '90s didn't have to deal with that scrutiny.

It's a parent's dream come true to watch your sons play at the highest level of college basketball.

Some college athletes don't want to turn pro, they don't want to take the cut in pay.

I don't think anyone's private life stands up to public scrutiny.

The hardest part of performing in the Premier League is the mental side of it, with everything being scrutinised.

If the NFL can keep getting away with forcing players to wait three years out of high school before they're drafted - three! - the NCAA should be made to do away with its rules against paying players beyond room, board and tuition. I'm not talking about some token, $2,000-a-year 'spending money' stipend for every player.