When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.
NICK SABANBut the other guys that you have have to accept their leadership. They have to respond to it. That’s the chemistry that you never know how that is going to happen.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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I loved it at LSU.
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I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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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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Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
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When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
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So when you think about that, you’re always motivated to, ‘I don’t want to lose the next game. I don’t want to lose the next game.’
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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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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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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don’t think I’d have a place to stay.
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I would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn’t play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.
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I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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