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.
NICK SABANOne of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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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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When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.
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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.
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You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
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First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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I think center is a critical position.
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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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We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.
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I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.
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