I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
NICK SABANThere needs to be a college football commissioner.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry.
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If I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn’t like me. So, why would I do that?
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One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it’s not to keep trying to be the best. That’s not necessarily human nature.
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I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.
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I loved it at LSU.
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When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more.
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I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that.
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Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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I don’t know how many times I’ve been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn’t matter. It’s only the next shot that matters.
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