I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
NICK SABANI think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
NICK SABANI’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
NICK SABANMediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
NICK SABANThere’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
NICK SABANBut 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.
NICK SABANNo matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
NICK SABANI don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
NICK SABANSo when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
NICK SABANI 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.
NICK SABANOne thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
NICK SABANI 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 SABANI think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
NICK SABANEverybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
NICK SABANAll I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
NICK SABANOur players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
NICK SABANCollege 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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