Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
NICK SABANNow 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.
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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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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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George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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I don’t know if I’m different from everybody else, but there’s really only two things to me that are really, really important – recruiting good players in the program and developing those players once they get here.
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You have the ball in your hand every time when you’re a quarterback. Whether you’re handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that’s extremely important.
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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 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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When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more.
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When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
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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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