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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.

Nick Saban

There needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.
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As a coach, when it comes to football players, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better.
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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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College Country Football Game Kind Only Pro
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.
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Ability Convert Everybody Know Performance Productive Really Somebody Talent
There’s two parts of leadership. You’ve got to be a good leader – you’ve got to be somebody that people want to emulate and care about the other people.
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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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I don’t try to sensationalize anybody. I’m not trying to entertain. I’m trying to give information and give access to me and tell about our program.
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I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
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Anytime Basis Develop Do History Like Play Somebody Think To What Year
You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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Game IT Lose never OK One Liner
Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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Character Honesty Important Integrity Part
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
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
One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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Always Bad One Player Tell Thing Three
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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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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Be Country Had might People Still
I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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Believe Name Starter Team Until Win
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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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
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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I don’t Twitter. I don’t text for those very reasons. I don’t want anything to be misinterpreted. I would encourage our guys not to do that.
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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
I would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn’t play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.
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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
Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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Dosposituon Get Good Need Once Stay Total
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
You can control your own destiny a little bit better in college. It’s hard to control all the variables, especially with the salary cap and things like that, in pro football.
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