I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
NICK SABANOne of the easiest shots in golf is chipping. It should be the easiest. It’s like throwing a ball or pitching pennies. It’s easy. And I struggle with that, and the struggle is all mental.
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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 would call them, whether it’s a playoff game, a bowl game, or one of these kickoff classic type things, which I think is helpful to, you know, our players in terms of playing some place that’s not really a home game for them.
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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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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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There needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.
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I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.
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You can control your own destiny a little bit better in college. It’s hard to control all the variables, especially with the salary cap and things like that, in pro football.
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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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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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We don’t have rules that people can’t use Twitter. We just want people to be responsible.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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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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