Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
NICK SABANOur players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
NICK SABANI would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn’t play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.
NICK SABANI just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
NICK SABANCollege football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
NICK SABANI don’t know how many times I’ve been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn’t matter. It’s only the next shot that matters.
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.’
NICK SABANWhen I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
NICK SABANMediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
NICK SABANI 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.
NICK SABANYou 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.
NICK SABANWe all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.
NICK SABANTeachers 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 SABANSteph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
NICK SABANI 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 SABANI 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 SABANIf I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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