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.
NICK SABANSo when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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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 think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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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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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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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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First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
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My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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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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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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