I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
NICK SABANAs 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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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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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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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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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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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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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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So when you think about that, you’re always motivated to, ‘I don’t want to lose the next game. I don’t want to lose the next game.’
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I hope whoever our leader is will do all that he can do to make our country safe and improve the quality of life for a lot of the people we have in our country, and I don’t think I am qualified to determine who that should be.
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