College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
NICK SABANAs 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.
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I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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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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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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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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I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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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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When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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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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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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I’ll write an authorized book because there’s only one expert on my life, and guess who that is… me. And there won’t be any misinformation. There won’t be any false statements.
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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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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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