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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.

Nick Saban

I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.
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Coach Flexible Money More One Pay Pro Think Way
You can’t keep your team together, and you are going to have more changes all the time. Personnel decisions aren’t always made by you, especially who you bring to your team.
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All Bring Change Decision Especially Keep Made Personnel Team Time Together
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
My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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Because Cook Get Grill Like Mad So Wife
I loved it at LSU.
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At I Love
I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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Ant Give Kid never Opportunity Sicontinie
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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All First Have Implement Kind Of Plan Program Vision Want
My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It’s not just the job. A lot of people don’t get that. My life is here.
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After Beach Country Goes Job Life Live Lot Mom Move People Time Week Wife
You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
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Aight Awhile Excite Get Make Married Process Thing Work
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
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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Appreciation Country Environment Ever Game Get Grow Particular People Place Same Think
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
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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Best Bonus Cruise Human Nature Necessarily Some Time Try
I think center is a critical position.
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Center Critical I Position Think
As a coach, when it comes to football players, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better.
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Behaviors Better Change Coach Come Football Make Player Try
One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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Champion One Resilient Team Thing

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