We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry.
NICK SABANI’ll write an authorized book because there’s only one expert on my life, and guess who that is… me. And there won’t be any misinformation. There won’t be any false statements.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
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You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
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One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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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.
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Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it’s not to keep trying to be the best. That’s not necessarily human nature.
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You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’
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I don’t try to sensationalize anybody. I’m not trying to entertain. I’m trying to give information and give access to me and tell about our program.
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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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We certainly don’t want them to do anything that’s going to affect themselves in an adverse way or affect our program, our university, or our team in an adverse way.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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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.
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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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As a coach, when it comes to football players, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better.
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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 just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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