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 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 don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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I don’t know how many times I’ve been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn’t matter. It’s only the next shot that matters.
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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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No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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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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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.
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When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.
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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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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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One of the easiest shots in golf is chipping. It should be the easiest. It’s like throwing a ball or pitching pennies. It’s easy. And I struggle with that, and the struggle is all mental.
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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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I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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I don’t want people to think I’m not happy when we win – I am. But there’s a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, ‘This is it – we conquered the world.’ We didn’t. We just won a game.
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I’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.
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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