We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry.
NICK SABANI think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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We don’t have rules that people can’t use Twitter. We just want people to be responsible.
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I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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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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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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It’s a free country. I know we have a lot of regulations in the world right now in what we can and can’t do. I would rather our people be responsible and not have to be regulated.
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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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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.
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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’ll write an authorized book because there’s only one expert on my life, and guess who that is… me. And there won’t be any misinformation. There won’t be any false statements.
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First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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