Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
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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We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry.
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What makes Freddy Krueger such a horrible character? What makes him scare you to death? You can’t get rid of the guy. He never goes away.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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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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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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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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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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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 I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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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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It’s been our goal as a program to always give our players the best opportunity to be successful, whether it’s personally, academically, or athletically.
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If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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