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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.

Nick Saban

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
I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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Out Spotlight Try
If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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Coach Teacher You Are
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
If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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Be Country Had might People Still
I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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Always Ask Hate Like Lse Myself Question Wine
There won’t be any hearsay. There won’t be any expert analysis from anybody else. It will be the real deal.
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Analysis Anybody Deal Else Expert Hearsay Real
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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Championship Improve Life People Quality Talk Won
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
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
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
We certainly don’t want them to do anything that’s going to affect themselves in an adverse way or affect our program, our university, or our team in an adverse way.
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Adverse Anything Average Certainly Go Program Team Themselves University Want Way
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
I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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Believe Name Starter Team Until Win
Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that.
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Choose Community Down Go Good Grader Help Invest Ned School Service Somebody Time
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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All Better Bit Cap College Control Destiny Especially Hard Identity Own Salary Thing Variable Your

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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