If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
NICK SABANThe way I look at it is, if you don’t want somebody to know something, don’t say it. If you don’t want them to see you do something, don’t do it.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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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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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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You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
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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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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn’t seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.
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