I guess I’m motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don’t do things the way you need to do them to have success.
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More Nick Saban Quotes
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Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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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.
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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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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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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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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 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.
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It’s a free country. I know we have a lot of regulations in the world right now in what we can and can’t do. I would rather our people be responsible and not have to be regulated.
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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.
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I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.
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Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
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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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