I don’t want people to think I’m not happy when we win – I am. But there’s a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, ‘This is it – we conquered the world.’ We didn’t. We just won a game.
NICK SABANMy wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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Now 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.
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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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 always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I’m not saying it’s good or bad; it kind of is what it is.
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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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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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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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