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I know I'm a really good coach.

The Reeves Nelson debacle, that hurt me. There are certain things regarding him that I couldn't say then and still can't. But I should have pulled the plug on him after his sophomore year. We tried to make it work, but we couldn't make it happen.

For the most part, I've been very, very blessed and been lucky to have great kids. We want to recruit great kids, good people. For the most part, we've done that.

There's no question that I've made mistakes along the way when you look at recruiting in terms of evaluations of players or character in an instance or two.

I don't know where people got that I didn't have a good relationship with my players. I'm demanding, yes; I'm on their butt. I expect 100%, but they all knew I loved them, I cared for them, and I'll always be there for them.

I always think I put more pressure on myself than I feel from anywhere else.

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.

I'm a good person and a good guy.

I'm a good coach. I do the right things for my players, and I try to support them; I try to help them almost to a fault.

Tweeting - let's be honest: it's like I'm the center of the universe; it's all about me. Everybody is listening to my every thought, and my current thought at this very moment is... it's ridiculous.

If you went and did a microscopic investigative report at Kentucky, Kansas, Duke, Carolina, Indiana - what are you talking about? You're always going to have some stuff come out that will be looked upon as not being good.

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.

I watch a lot of games and analyze a lot.

You should want to run if you're a player, shouldn't you, on offense?

That's AAU ball. That's what you do: 'I want to get out there first and score.' You see it in games during the summer. There are not a lot of great blockouts going on.

Las Vegas is a big draw. There are a lot things to do there other than basketball.

Thing about New York is it is so exciting with so much to do.

I love to visit New York, but Los Angeles, to me, is a great city.

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

I have a strong belief in God.

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

We need to play tough defense and have a sound offense. But mostly, we have to outrebound the other team.

We've got to get everybody to sacrifice, be on same page, be a team.

That's why I'm here at UCLA - to help them win a national championship.

You have more control of things if you play defense. And you can control how you play defense, too, with effort and preparation.

Field-goal percentage is very important.

I just like to win.

Putting your feet in ice cold water? That's not fun.

I had a relationship with John Wooden. I spoke at his memorial service.

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 get to work with the best and the brightest at UCLA. We get to recruit great kids, and that makes coaching very fun for me.

I don't always show my emotion. You don't always get to see it.

I can't think of much higher praise to give a player than to say, 'This point guard reminds me of Jason Kidd.'

One thing a shooter loves is to make his first shot. He makes his first shot from three; that builds confidence.

My team at Pittsburgh is the greatest example of unselfishness and giving of oneself. They bought into that, and it's brought those kids championships, and it's brought all those kids so much glory.

I was raised to believe you are supposed to love everybody.

My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.

Usually you have a feel for what a kid's abilities are by the end of their sophomore year.

UCLA will always be involved with great players, and those players always draw scrutiny. That's just the way it is.

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.

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.

You can never blame somebody for wanting to go home.

Pittsburgh is a football town.

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

I will never leave UCLA and will stay at UCLA as long they will have me.

No one is perfect. I would never claim to be that person.

Everybody makes mistakes. I'm definitely not perfect.

What is the NCAA going to do a program if a kid leaves before two years. You can't control it. The NBA is the one that has to control it.

This is always one of my big pet peeves is that 65% of NBA players, three years out of the NBA, are broke. I mean, so, maybe maturing a little more on the front end and getting an education might serve you well down the road.

Typically, you'll see that zones work better in November than in February. As the season goes on, teams get better and better at attacking zones, and it becomes harder to become an effective zone defense as the season progresses. But early on, it can be can good at times.

How many people do you know who love their jobs? Did your dad love his job? Was he passionate about it? Because I am. I love it. I love the relationships. I love teaching. I love the competition. I love everything about it.

One of the very best things about being a coach or student-athlete at UCLA is if you need medical attention, you won't find any better place in the country than at the incomparable UCLA Medical Center.

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

There's no question we made a couple mistakes there at UCLA at the very end.

When you take over a screwed-up situation, you need time.

It's very painful to lose, and it's a very difficult process to go through, especially at a place like UCLA where the standards are very high.

My first introduction to Russell Westbrook was as a leader. It was pretty impressive.

You're only as good as your next game.

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

I just try to control what I can control.

I try to be honest. I try to take the high road. That's all I can do.

Both my children have degrees from UCLA.

I love UCLA and the people at UCLA. Everybody is great.

I wear Johnston & Murphy, not penny loafers.

The summer in Arizona is too hot.

Flagstaff, up in the mountains where I lived, there is 130 inches of snow a year.

Basketball movies don't really accentuate the flow of the game.

My wife and I - her more than me - are really strong Christians. Her whole life revolves around studying the Bible, Bible study, after-school Bible class she does for little kids on Wednesdays, teaches Sunday school.

When you go to the big city - you're in New York, Boston, you're in L.A. - you walk in the streets, and nobody says anything to you. It becomes so impersonal because there's so many people.

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.

Archie Miller does a fantastic job at Dayton.

It's a real advantage in basketball to have great hands.

I don't get to fish that much, believe me.

It's amazing, as a player and as a coach, how you always remember the tough losses better than the victories. They're just way more vivid.

Losses are always bad. They're always tough. Doesn't matter what year.

You try to stay as even-keel as possible; obviously, it's always more difficult when you're going through a tough season.

I always had great respect for the SEC with all the great players.

Kevin Stallings has been a picture of consistency at Vanderbilt.

I've had a number of kids in the NBA that I've coached and a number of other great players that I've coached.

I coached Brandin Knight at Pitt, who was unbelievable, and also Carl Krauser.

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