I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
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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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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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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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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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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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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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 a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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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.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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I loved it at LSU.
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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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