I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
NICK SABANI think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don’t think I’d have a place to stay.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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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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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.
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You have the ball in your hand every time when you’re a quarterback. Whether you’re handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that’s extremely important.
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One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn’t seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.
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There needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.
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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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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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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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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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I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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I don’t Twitter. I don’t text for those very reasons. I don’t want anything to be misinterpreted. I would encourage our guys not to do that.
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