Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
NICK SABANYou 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry.
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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If I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn’t like me. So, why would I do that?
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I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.
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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 try to stay out of the spotlight.
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I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don’t know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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You can’t keep your team together, and you are going to have more changes all the time. Personnel decisions aren’t always made by you, especially who you bring to your team.
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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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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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Probably the number one position that has the greatest number of players to choose from is receiver. When we’re out there recruiting, there are a lot of receivers out there to recruit. It’s harder to find defensive players.
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You have the ball in your hand every time when you’re a quarterback. Whether you’re handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that’s extremely important.
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