If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
NICK SABANWhen 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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I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
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Now, everybody always says there’s no ‘I’ in team, but there is an ‘I’ in win, because the individuals make the team what it is, and how they think and what they do is important to the team.
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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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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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If I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn’t like me. So, why would I do that?
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I don’t think I’m complicated at all. I’m not political, and I’m not trying to be diplomatic. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I don’t say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There’s no trying to fool somebody.
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I don’t know that there’s any particular scientific evidence that you could say, more guys get hurt in this offense versus that one, or hurry-up, or whatever, but everything that we’ve ever done in the NCAA is about exposure. How many exposures does a player get?
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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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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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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.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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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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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
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