So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
NICK SABANOne thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I don’t know how many times I’ve been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn’t matter. It’s only the next shot that matters.
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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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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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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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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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As a coach, when it comes to football players, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better.
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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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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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I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I’m not saying it’s good or bad; it kind of is what it is.
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I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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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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You can’t keep your team together, and you are going to have more changes all the time. Personnel decisions aren’t always made by you, especially who you bring to your team.
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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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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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