If I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn’t like me. So, why would I do that?
NICK SABANWhen 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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Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.
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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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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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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 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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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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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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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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First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
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I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn’t seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players 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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