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I 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.

Nick Saban

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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Continous Element Football Game Involve Physical Play Rugby Soccer
All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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Certainly Hate Like Lose Really Win
I don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
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Anything Com Control Dot Else People Say
I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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Can Do Just Player Thing Think Worst Yourself
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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Challenge Different Enjoy Great Little Lot Nfl Opportunity Player Respect Team Thing
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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Do Does How Kind Lot People Play Same Secondary Stuff Term They What
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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Coach Flexible Money More One Pay Pro Think Way
There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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College Commissioner Football Need
Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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Achiever High Like Mediocre People
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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All First Have Implement Kind Of Plan Program Vision Want
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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Championship Human Nature National Say Team Think Throughout Well Win Work
I would call them, whether it’s a playoff game, a bowl game, or one of these kickoff classic type things, which I think is helpful to, you know, our players in terms of playing some place that’s not really a home game for them.
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Bowl Classic Game Helpful Home Player Playoff Think
You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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Back Get Hard Out Team Them Were You
Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
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Competitor Kind People Person Special Term

I 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.

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I 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.

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