No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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I don’t want people to think I’m not happy when we win – I am. But there’s a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, ‘This is it – we conquered the world.’ We didn’t. We just won a game.
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I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.
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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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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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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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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 certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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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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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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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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I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
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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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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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