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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.

Nick Saban

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.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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Believe Name Starter Team Until Win
I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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Even Game Player Relax Want
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.
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Have Important Kind More Routine System Think Time
I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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Everybody Face Fear Lot Think Time
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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Know Look Say Somebody Something Want Way
Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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Achiever High Like Mediocre People
I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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Anybody Biology Everybody Know Oppose Unauthorized Want
If I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn’t like me. So, why would I do that?
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Another Everybody Like Mean One Person Say So Vote Why Do
My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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Because Cook Get Grill Like Mad So Wife
Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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Been Coach Involve More Organize People Person Probably With
I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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Certainly Hate Like Lose Really Win
If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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Athlete Best Coach High Offense Player Put School Team Would
I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.
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Best Improve Live People Quality Want
Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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Every Example God Golf Great Life Mean Metaphor Shot
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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Any Don't Know Evidence Guy Hurt More Offense One Particular Say Scientist Verse
There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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Certain Taught Thing Through
I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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Ant Give Kid never Opportunity Sicontinie
We played in a number of these neutral site games.
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Game Neutral Number Play
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.
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Any Create Do Everybody Have How Really Standard Team Thing Want
You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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Beautiful Good Hole Opportunity Score
It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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Come Dream Great Our Player See Some True
But 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.
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Accept Chemistry Go Guy Happen Know Leadership Other Respond
When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish.
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Accomplish Decision Goal Make Something Time When Invest Your
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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Dad Home House Kick Out Play Quit Stay Team Think Told
Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that.
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Choose Community Down Go Good Grader Help Invest Ned School Service Somebody Time
It’s never OK to lose a game.
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Game IT Lose never OK One Liner

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