I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don’t think I’d have a place to stay.
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 think center is a critical position.
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I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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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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I feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.
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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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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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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.
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We certainly don’t want them to do anything that’s going to affect themselves in an adverse way or affect our program, our university, or our team in an adverse way.
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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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When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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