There needs to be a college football commissioner.
NICK SABANOne thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
More Nick Saban Quotes
-
-
Teachers 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 SABAN -
I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
NICK SABAN -
There needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.
NICK SABAN -
Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
NICK SABAN -
People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we’ve had good enough teams to win eight. So I feel like we failed four times. I feel like I failed four times.
NICK SABAN -
I think center is a critical position.
NICK SABAN -
When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
NICK SABAN -
When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
NICK SABAN -
I guess I’m motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don’t do things the way you need to do them to have success.
NICK SABAN -
I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I’m not saying it’s good or bad; it kind of is what it is.
NICK SABAN -
Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
NICK SABAN -
The way I look at it is, if you don’t want somebody to know something, don’t say it. If you don’t want them to see you do something, don’t do it.
NICK SABAN -
No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
NICK SABAN -
One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
NICK SABAN -
My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It’s not just the job. A lot of people don’t get that. My life is here.
NICK SABAN -
Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
NICK SABAN -
We don’t have rules that people can’t use Twitter. We just want people to be responsible.
NICK SABAN -
Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
NICK SABAN -
If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
NICK SABAN -
You can’t keep your team together, and you are going to have more changes all the time. Personnel decisions aren’t always made by you, especially who you bring to your team.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN -
There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
NICK SABAN -
My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
NICK SABAN -
It’s a free country. I know we have a lot of regulations in the world right now in what we can and can’t do. I would rather our people be responsible and not have to be regulated.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN -
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.
NICK SABAN