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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

People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we’ve had good enough teams to win eight. So I feel like we failed four times. I feel like I failed four times.
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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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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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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’
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Blame Can Contribute Guy Hold Other Say Yourself
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
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
Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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Can Entertainer Great People Sing
I loved it at LSU.
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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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I think center is a critical position.
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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
I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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Being Had Help Just Lot More Punitive Success Then
Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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Achiever High Like Mediocre People
If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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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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