Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.
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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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Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.
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There won’t be any hearsay. There won’t be any expert analysis from anybody else. It will be the real deal.
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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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I don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
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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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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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There needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.
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Teachers are always trying to inspire people to do better, to learn, to grow. That’s what we do, and we’re proud of the success we’ve had here doing that, and it’s something we’ll certainly continue to do.
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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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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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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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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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No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.
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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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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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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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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 loved it at LSU.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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