Ben Howland Quotes on Education (8 Quotes)

He's a great player. He'll be playing in the NBA whenever he leaves college.

Thomas is the Shawn Marion of college basketball. And Shawn Marion is the greatest athlete in all of the NBA.

Coach is always there at the home games, sitting behind the bench. He's the greatest coach in the history of college basketball.

He can score from 3, he can score off the bounce, he can score in the post, he rebounds his own shot as well as anybody. He poses a lot of problems. There's only a handful of people that are playing the game in college that would ever be talked about in that same light.

Last time I checked, Larry Brown started in college, for example, and he might be one of the top coaches.

This program is where it is right now, as the greatest tradition in all of college basketball, the greatest history in all of college basketball. Eleven national championships. It all starts with Coach Wooden.

Coach watches every game. I knew that and embraced it. He's the greatest coach in the history of basketball. What he did in college basketball will never be repeated. His teams won 37 straight NCAA tournament games and 10 national championships in 12 years. You know how everyone wants to be like Mike -- Michael Jordan -- as a player Every coach wants to be like John. So I don't feel a shadow. I embrace it.

You know how hard it is during finals to get your mind right because you're so exhausted from studying. At practice, I'm sure guys are going to have a little mental fatigue from staying up all night cramming.