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Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.

Nick Saban

If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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Be Country Had might People Still
I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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Can Do Just Player Thing Think Worst Yourself
You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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Beautiful Good Hole Opportunity Score
I feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.
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Been Bless Coach Fell Great Have Like Mentor Person Some Start With Year
It’s never OK to lose a game.
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Game IT Lose never OK One Liner
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
First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
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All First Have Implement Kind Of Plan Program Vision Want
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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Everybody Game Good Guy Manager Negative Position Real Say Think
We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.
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All Anxiety Eventually Face Fear Insecurity Succesful Thing Want We
Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when you’re around guns unless you’re going hunting, and you don’t want to mess around with women that you don’t know because a lot of times, bad things happen.
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Around Good Happen Midnight Nothing Thing Time Women
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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All Bring Change Decision Especially Keep Made Personnel Team Time Together
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
George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.
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Celebrity Coach Coordinator Far People Person Responsibility Stage State
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
One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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Always Bad One Player Tell Thing Three
One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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Champion One Resilient Team Thing

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