I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
NICK SABANNow do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it’s not to keep trying to be the best. That’s not necessarily human nature.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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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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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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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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Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.
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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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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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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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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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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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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
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People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we’ve had good enough teams to win eight. So I feel like we failed four times. I feel like I failed four times.
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I would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn’t play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.
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