You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
NICK SABANTalent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more.
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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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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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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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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What makes Freddy Krueger such a horrible character? What makes him scare you to death? You can’t get rid of the guy. He never goes away.
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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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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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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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So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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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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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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