I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
NICK SABANI 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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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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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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There won’t be any hearsay. There won’t be any expert analysis from anybody else. It will be the real deal.
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I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I’m not saying it’s good or bad; it kind of is what it is.
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I don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.
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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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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.
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