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Nick Saban

If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
NICK SABAN

Coach Teacher You Are
If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
NICK SABAN

Athlete Best Coach High Offense Player Put School Team Would
Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it’s not to keep trying to be the best. That’s not necessarily human nature.
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Best Bonus Cruise Human Nature Necessarily Some Time Try
It’s a free country. I know we have a lot of regulations in the world right now in what we can and can’t do. I would rather our people be responsible and not have to be regulated.
NICK SABAN

Freem Country People Rather Regulate Regulation Responsible World
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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Bowl Classic Game Helpful Home Player Playoff Think
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
Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
NICK SABAN

Achiever High Like Mediocre People
All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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All Control Destiny Do Know Own Play Term
I loved it at LSU.
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At I Love
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
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.
NICK SABAN

Been Bless Coach Fell Great Have Like Mentor Person Some Start With Year
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
One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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Coach Country Day Finish These
I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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Can Do Just Player Thing Think Worst Yourself
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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Ball Defense Gove Play Point Score Them Would
I hope whoever our leader is will do all that he can do to make our country safe and improve the quality of life for a lot of the people we have in our country, and I don’t think I am qualified to determine who that should be.
NICK SABAN

Country Determine Hope Improve Leader Our People Qualify Safe

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