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It’s been our goal as a program to always give our players the best opportunity to be successful, whether it’s personally, academically, or athletically.

Nick Saban

I feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.
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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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Out Spotlight Try
I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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Always Assume Dame Every Game Great Intangible Nation Necessarily Notre People Right Tem Think
There won’t be any hearsay. There won’t be any expert analysis from anybody else. It will be the real deal.
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Analysis Anybody Deal Else Expert Hearsay Real
I don’t know that there’s any particular scientific evidence that you could say, more guys get hurt in this offense versus that one, or hurry-up, or whatever, but everything that we’ve ever done in the NCAA is about exposure. How many exposures does a player get?
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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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Appreciation Country Environment Ever Game Get Grow Particular People Place Same Think
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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Care Emulate Good Leader Leadership Parts People Somebody Two Want
One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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Always Bad One Player Tell Thing Three
I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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Can Do Just Player Thing Think Worst Yourself
When you have the ability to affect other people and be somebody that somebody wants to emulate, care enough to help somebody else for their benefit, that’s what makes you a good teammate, and that’s what everybody’s looking for.
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Ability Care Effect Emulate Enough Have Help People Somebody Want
I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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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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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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We played in a number of these neutral site games.
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Game Neutral Number Play
I think center is a critical position.
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Center Critical I Position Think
We certainly don’t want them to do anything that’s going to affect themselves in an adverse way or affect our program, our university, or our team in an adverse way.
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