There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
NICK SABANSoccer 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
-
-
You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
NICK SABAN -
My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN -
I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN -
Probably the number one position that has the greatest number of players to choose from is receiver. When we’re out there recruiting, there are a lot of receivers out there to recruit. It’s harder to find defensive players.
NICK SABAN -
I 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.
NICK SABAN -
If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
NICK SABAN -
I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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 -
All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
NICK SABAN -
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?
NICK SABAN -
Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.
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 -
Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
NICK SABAN