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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.

Nick Saban

I feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.
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Been Bless Coach Fell Great Have Like Mentor Person Some Start With Year
The way I look at it is, if you don’t want somebody to know something, don’t say it. If you don’t want them to see you do something, don’t do it.
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Know Look Say Somebody Something Want Way
What makes Freddy Krueger such a horrible character? What makes him scare you to death? You can’t get rid of the guy. He never goes away.
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Character Death Horrible Make People Person Scare What You
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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Ago Anybody Anything Even Knew Long Play Think Transfer
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
Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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Every Example God Golf Great Life Mean Metaphor Shot
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
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
I don’t try to sensationalize anybody. I’m not trying to entertain. I’m trying to give information and give access to me and tell about our program.
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Access Anybody Entertain Give Information Me Sensation Tell Try
I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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Out Spotlight Try
I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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Football Just Misunderstood Not Pretty Think
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
I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
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Anytime Basis Develop Do History Like Play Somebody Think To What Year
I don’t know how many times I’ve been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn’t matter. It’s only the next shot that matters.
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Been Bogey Double Hole Know Made Many Matter Thing Well Yard
Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.
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Do Does How Kind Lot People Play Same Secondary Stuff Term They What
I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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Always Assume Dame Every Game Great Intangible Nation Necessarily Notre People Right Tem Think
There’s two parts of leadership. You’ve got to be a good leader – you’ve got to be somebody that people want to emulate and care about the other people.
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Care Emulate Good Leader Leadership Parts People Somebody Two Want
So when you think about that, you’re always motivated to, ‘I don’t want to lose the next game. I don’t want to lose the next game.’
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Always Game Lose Motivate Next So Think Want
When 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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Have Important Kind More Routine System Think Time
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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Bowl Classic Game Helpful Home Player Playoff Think
If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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Athlete Best Coach High Offense Player Put School Team Would
One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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Coach Country Day Finish These
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 don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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Even Game Player Relax Want
I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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Certain Competition People Pride Think
Teachers are always trying to inspire people to do better, to learn, to grow. That’s what we do, and we’re proud of the success we’ve had here doing that, and it’s something we’ll certainly continue to do.
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Always Better Certainty Grow Inspire Learn People Something Teacher Try
If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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Coach Teacher You Are

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