You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
NICK SABANSo when you think about that, you’re always motivated to, ‘I don’t want to lose the next game. I don’t want to lose the next game.’
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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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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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So when you think about that, you’re always motivated to, ‘I don’t want to lose the next game. I don’t want to lose the next game.’
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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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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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
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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?
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Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don’t know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.
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If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.
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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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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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