I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month.
NICK SABANWe 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I’ll write an authorized book because there’s only one expert on my life, and guess who that is… me. And there won’t be any misinformation. There won’t be any false statements.
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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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I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
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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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George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.
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One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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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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My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It’s not just the job. A lot of people don’t get that. My life is here.
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I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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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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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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Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
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