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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

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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Any Create Do Everybody Have How Really Standard Team Thing Want
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
When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more.
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Addictive Succes Either Happen Have Keep Little One People Satisfy Success Thing Think Two When
Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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Can Entertainer Great People Sing
I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn’t seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.
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Challenge Different Enjoy Great Little Lot Nfl Opportunity Player Respect Team Thing
If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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Be Country Had might People Still
One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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Always Bad One Player Tell Thing Three
I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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Always Assume Dame Every Game Great Intangible Nation Necessarily Notre People Right Tem Think
I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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Out Spotlight Try
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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Championship Define Every Just National Nobody Program Successful Win Year
I don’t want people to think I’m not happy when we win – I am. But there’s a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, ‘This is it – we conquered the world.’ We didn’t. We just won a game.
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Accomplish Being Between Difference Happy People Think Want Win
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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All Bring Change Decision Especially Keep Made Personnel Team Time Together
I don’t know how many times I’ve been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn’t matter. It’s only the next shot that matters.
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Been Bogey Double Hole Know Made Many Matter Thing Well Yard
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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Authorize Book Expert Guess Misinformation Statement Write
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.
NICK SABAN

Choose From Greatest Number One Position Probably Receiver
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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College Country Football Game Kind Only Pro

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