As a coach, when it comes to football players, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better.
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.
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Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.
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Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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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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I think center is a critical position.
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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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I would call them, whether it’s a playoff game, a bowl game, or one of these kickoff classic type things, which I think is helpful to, you know, our players in terms of playing some place that’s not really a home game for them.
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No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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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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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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But 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.
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