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.
NICK SABANI 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
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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 can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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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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I don’t think I’m complicated at all. I’m not political, and I’m not trying to be diplomatic. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I don’t say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There’s no trying to fool somebody.
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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 want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.
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I guess I’m motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don’t do things the way you need to do them to have success.
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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We played in a number of these neutral site games.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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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.
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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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