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We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry.

Nick Saban

I don’t know that there’s any particular scientific evidence that you could say, more guys get hurt in this offense versus that one, or hurry-up, or whatever, but everything that we’ve ever done in the NCAA is about exposure. How many exposures does a player get?
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Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don’t know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.
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Continous Element Football Game Involve Physical Play Rugby Soccer
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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Ball Get Guy Hand Information Out Play Process Quarterback Quickly Right When
I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
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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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Adversity Back Bounce Matter No Overcome Team Thrown Way
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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Around Good Happen Midnight Nothing Thing Time Women
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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Choose From Greatest Number One Position Probably Receiver
George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.
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Celebrity Coach Coordinator Far People Person Responsibility Stage State
When you have the ability to affect other people and be somebody that somebody wants to emulate, care enough to help somebody else for their benefit, that’s what makes you a good teammate, and that’s what everybody’s looking for.
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Ability Care Effect Emulate Enough Have Help People Somebody Want
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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Ball Defense Gove Play Point Score Them Would
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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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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Championship Define Every Just National Nobody Program Successful Win Year
Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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Been Coach Involve More Organize People Person Probably With
Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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Country Get Hard Our Player Pretty Scruntized
I don’t think I’m complicated at all. I’m not political, and I’m not trying to be diplomatic. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I don’t say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There’s no trying to fool somebody.
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I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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Even Game Player Relax Want

We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry.

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