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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.

Nick Saban

I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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Ant Give Kid never Opportunity Sicontinie
One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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Always Bad One Player Tell Thing Three
It’s been our goal as a program to always give our players the best opportunity to be successful, whether it’s personally, academically, or athletically.
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Academically Always Been Best Give Goal Opportunity Personally Player Progress Successful
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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All First Have Implement Kind Of Plan Program Vision Want
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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Ago Anybody Anything Even Knew Long Play Think Transfer
I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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Certain Competition People Pride Think
I would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn’t play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.
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Ball Defense Gove Play Point Score Them Would
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.
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Appreciation Country Environment Ever Game Get Grow Particular People Place Same Think
If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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Coach Teacher You Are
There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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Certain Taught Thing Through
I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.
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Best Country Figure Our Out Sure That Want
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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Continous Element Football Game Involve Physical Play Rugby Soccer
You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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Back Get Hard Out Team Them Were You
I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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Out Spotlight Try
People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we’ve had good enough teams to win eight. So I feel like we failed four times. I feel like I failed four times.
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Championship Improve Life People Quality Talk Won
When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
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Have Important Kind More Routine System Think Time

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