It’s never OK to lose a game.
NICK SABANIf we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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Teachers are always trying to inspire people to do better, to learn, to grow. That’s what we do, and we’re proud of the success we’ve had here doing that, and it’s something we’ll certainly continue to do.
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So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
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I hope whoever our leader is will do all that he can do to make our country safe and improve the quality of life for a lot of the people we have in our country, and I don’t think I am qualified to determine who that should be.
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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
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When you have the ability to affect other people and be somebody that somebody wants to emulate, care enough to help somebody else for their benefit, that’s what makes you a good teammate, and that’s what everybody’s looking for.
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I don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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I loved it at LSU.
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I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I’m not saying it’s good or bad; it kind of is what it is.
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