All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
NICK SABANThere’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I don’t think I’m complicated at all. I’m not political, and I’m not trying to be diplomatic. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I don’t say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There’s no trying to fool somebody.
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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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I guess I’m motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don’t do things the way you need to do them to have success.
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I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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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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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 people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
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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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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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We played in a number of these neutral site games.
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