Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
NICK SABANI 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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I 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?
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.
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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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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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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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You 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.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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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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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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You can control your own destiny a little bit better in college. It’s hard to control all the variables, especially with the salary cap and things like that, in pro football.
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