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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.

Nick Saban

I don’t know if I’m different from everybody else, but there’s really only two things to me that are really, really important – recruiting good players in the program and developing those players once they get here.
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Different Else Everybody Good Important Know Only Really Recruit Thing Two
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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Blame Can Contribute Guy Hold Other Say Yourself
Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that.
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Choose Community Down Go Good Grader Help Invest Ned School Service Somebody Time
First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
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All First Have Implement Kind Of Plan Program Vision Want
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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Coach Flexible Money More One Pay Pro Think Way
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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Ago Anybody Anything Even Knew Long Play Think Transfer
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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Adversity Back Bounce Matter No Overcome Team Thrown Way
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.
NICK SABAN

Ball Chip Easiest Easy Golf One Pennies Pitch Shot Struggle Throw
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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Addictive Succes Either Happen Have Keep Little One People Satisfy Success Thing Think Two When
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
There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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Certain Taught Thing Through
It’s never OK to lose a game.
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Game IT Lose never OK One Liner
I think center is a critical position.
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Center Critical I Position Think
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
I don’t want people to think I’m not happy when we win – I am. But there’s a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, ‘This is it – we conquered the world.’ We didn’t. We just won a game.
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Accomplish Being Between Difference Happy People Think Want Win
I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don’t think I’d have a place to stay.
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Dad Home House Kick Out Play Quit Stay Team Think Told

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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