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When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.

Nick Saban

One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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Always Bad One Player Tell Thing Three
You 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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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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Be Country Had might People Still
Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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Achiever High Like Mediocre People
One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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Coach Country Day Finish These
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 guess I’m motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don’t do things the way you need to do them to have success.
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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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Bowl Classic Game Helpful Home Player Playoff Think
Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when you’re around guns unless you’re going hunting, and you don’t want to mess around with women that you don’t know because a lot of times, bad things happen.
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Around Good Happen Midnight Nothing Thing Time Women
One of the easiest shots in golf is chipping. It should be the easiest. It’s like throwing a ball or pitching pennies. It’s easy. And I struggle with that, and the struggle is all mental.
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Ball Chip Easiest Easy Golf One Pennies Pitch Shot Struggle Throw
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.
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Choose From Greatest Number One Position Probably Receiver
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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Aight Awhile Excite Get Make Married Process Thing Work
Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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Every Example God Golf Great Life Mean Metaphor Shot
You have the ball in your hand every time when you’re a quarterback. Whether you’re handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that’s extremely important.
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Ball Every Extreme Hand Important Quarterback Somebody Think Time
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
I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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Believe Name Starter Team Until Win

When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.

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