First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
NICK SABANWe certainly don’t want them to do anything that’s going to affect themselves in an adverse way or affect our program, our university, or our team in an adverse way.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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There needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.
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I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month.
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What makes Freddy Krueger such a horrible character? What makes him scare you to death? You can’t get rid of the guy. He never goes away.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when you’re around guns unless you’re going hunting, and you don’t want to mess around with women that you don’t know because a lot of times, bad things happen.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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I don’t try to sensationalize anybody. I’m not trying to entertain. I’m trying to give information and give access to me and tell about our program.
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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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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don’t know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.
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You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’
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