Ben Howland Quotations

Just so you know, our goal is to not let you ram it down our throat.

Jordan went down to visit Florida, and they did a great job on the visit. His host was (current Grizzly player Anthony) Roberson, and he loved him. He had a really good relationship with Roberson. So when he came back, he was really leaning that way.

Jordan was masterful down the stretch at handling the ball and really doing a good job for us.

Jordan is a perfectionist, so everything that doesn't go right he wears on his sleeve.

Josh Shipp was huge tonight. I mean, having not played 13 weeks, for him to do what he did tonight was just miraculous.

Josh Shipp's minutes tonight were critical. He was spectacular.

Josh had surgery back in late September and at this point his pain levels are just unacceptable, just too much to handle. He has constant throbbing during every practice and every game, he's very sore every day and the next morning he's obviously very stiff. And it's not getting better.

We went through a lot of adversity earlier this year with injuries and we played a lot of people. I have complete confidence in our entire team.

God, did he make some incredible athletic plays.

I got a little emotional. But that didn't affect our performance. What I said was, 'Coach Wooden has been admitted to the hospital.' He didn't want to go. Sounds just like the coach. His family made him do it. He's going to be fine.