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.
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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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 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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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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So when you think about that, you’re always motivated to, ‘I don’t want to lose the next game. I don’t want to lose the next game.’
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You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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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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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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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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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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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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