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I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
Nick SabanNick Saban I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month.
Nick SabanNick Saban I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
Nick SabanNick Saban I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
Nick SabanNick Saban We played in a number of these neutral site games.
Nick SabanNick Saban You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
Nick SabanNick Saban So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
Nick SabanNick Saban 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.
Nick SabanNick Saban It’s been our goal as a program to always give our players the best opportunity to be successful, whether it’s personally, academically, or athletically.
Nick SabanNick Saban I don’t know that there’s any particular scientific evidence that you could say, more guys get hurt in this offense versus that one, or hurry-up, or whatever, but everything that we’ve ever done in the NCAA is about exposure. How many exposures does a player get?
Nick SabanNick 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.
Nick SabanNick Saban 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.
Nick SabanNick Saban All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
Nick SabanNick Saban One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
Nick SabanNick Saban 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.
Nick SabanNick Saban There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
Nick SabanNick Saban
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