All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
NICK SABANNo matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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It’s been our goal as a program to always give our players the best opportunity to be successful, whether it’s personally, academically, or athletically.
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I’ll write an authorized book because there’s only one expert on my life, and guess who that is… me. And there won’t be any misinformation. There won’t be any false statements.
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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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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.
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When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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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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I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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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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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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I loved it at LSU.
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When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
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Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it’s not to keep trying to be the best. That’s not necessarily human nature.
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I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
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