George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.
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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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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There’s two parts of leadership. You’ve got to be a good leader – you’ve got to be somebody that people want to emulate and care about the other people.
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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 I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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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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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when you’re around guns unless you’re going hunting, and you don’t want to mess around with women that you don’t know because a lot of times, bad things happen.
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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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But the other guys that you have have to accept their leadership. They have to respond to it. That’s the chemistry that you never know how that is going to happen.
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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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I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.
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Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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