I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don’t think I’d have a place to stay.
NICK SABANWhether 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
-
-
I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN -
People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we’ve had good enough teams to win eight. So I feel like we failed four times. I feel like I failed four times.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN -
Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN -
You have the ball in your hand every time when you’re a quarterback. Whether you’re handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that’s extremely important.
NICK SABAN -
I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
NICK SABAN -
I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
NICK SABAN -
All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
NICK SABAN -
I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
NICK SABAN -
I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.
NICK SABAN -
You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
NICK SABAN -
College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN