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.
NICK SABANOne thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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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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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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I don’t try to sensationalize anybody. I’m not trying to entertain. I’m trying to give information and give access to me and tell about our program.
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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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One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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When you have the ability to affect other people and be somebody that somebody wants to emulate, care enough to help somebody else for their benefit, that’s what makes you a good teammate, and that’s what everybody’s looking for.
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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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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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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My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
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I 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.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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