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.
NICK SABANI would call them, whether it’s a playoff game, a bowl game, or one of these kickoff classic type things, which I think is helpful to, you know, our players in terms of playing some place that’s not really a home game for them.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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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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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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I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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You have the ball in your hand every time when you’re a quarterback. Whether you’re handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that’s extremely important.
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When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
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As a coach, when it comes to football players, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better.
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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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When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish.
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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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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don’t think I’d have a place to stay.
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