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.
NICK SABANWhen 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I loved it at LSU.
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Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in 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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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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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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So when you think about that, you’re always motivated to, ‘I don’t want to lose the next game. I don’t want to lose the next game.’
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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it’s not to keep trying to be the best. That’s not necessarily human nature.
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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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But the other guys that you have have to accept their leadership. They have to respond to it. That’s the chemistry that you never know how that is going to happen.
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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