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 SABANI don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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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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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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I don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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I think center is a critical position.
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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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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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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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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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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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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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When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more.
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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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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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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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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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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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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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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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If I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn’t like me. So, why would I do that?
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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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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You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’
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