I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
NICK SABANI feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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I don’t think I’m complicated at all. I’m not political, and I’m not trying to be diplomatic. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I don’t say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There’s no trying to fool somebody.
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Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.
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We played in a number of these neutral site games.
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Probably the number one position that has the greatest number of players to choose from is receiver. When we’re out there recruiting, there are a lot of receivers out there to recruit. It’s harder to find defensive players.
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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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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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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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One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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I think center is a critical position.
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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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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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