I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
NICK SABANI don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when you’re around guns unless you’re going hunting, and you don’t want to mess around with women that you don’t know because a lot of times, bad things happen.
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I don’t know if I’m different from everybody else, but there’s really only two things to me that are really, really important – recruiting good players in the program and developing those players once they get here.
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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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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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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’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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Probably the number one position that has the greatest number of players to choose from is receiver. When we’re out there recruiting, there are a lot of receivers out there to recruit. It’s harder to find defensive players.
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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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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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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It’s not just the job. A lot of people don’t get that. My life is here.
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Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that.
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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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I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month.
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