Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
NICK SABANBill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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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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If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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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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I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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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.
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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.
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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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There’s two parts of leadership. You’ve got to be a good leader – you’ve got to be somebody that people want to emulate and care about the other people.
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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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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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