I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
NICK SABANYou get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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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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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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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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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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I 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.
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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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No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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Now, everybody always says there’s no ‘I’ in team, but there is an ‘I’ in win, because the individuals make the team what it is, and how they think and what they do is important to the team.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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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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