All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
NICK SABANI 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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I don’t Twitter. I don’t text for those very reasons. I don’t want anything to be misinterpreted. I would encourage our guys not to do that.
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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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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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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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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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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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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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I loved it at LSU.
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’
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So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
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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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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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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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