I don’t think I’m complicated at all. I’m not political, and I’m not trying to be diplomatic. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I don’t say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There’s no trying to fool somebody.
NICK SABANI feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.
More Nick Saban Quotes
-
-
There needs to be a college football commissioner.
NICK SABAN -
Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.
NICK SABAN -
I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn’t seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.
NICK SABAN -
My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It’s not just the job. A lot of people don’t get that. My life is here.
NICK SABAN -
You can’t keep your team together, and you are going to have more changes all the time. Personnel decisions aren’t always made by you, especially who you bring to your team.
NICK SABAN -
One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
NICK SABAN -
I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.
NICK SABAN -
It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
NICK SABAN -
I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
NICK SABAN -
There won’t be any hearsay. There won’t be any expert analysis from anybody else. It will be the real deal.
NICK SABAN -
Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
NICK SABAN -
I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
NICK SABAN -
When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.
NICK SABAN -
If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN