All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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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One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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There needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.
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I hope whoever our leader is will do all that he can do to make our country safe and improve the quality of life for a lot of the people we have in our country, and I don’t think I am qualified to determine who that should be.
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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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I don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
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There’s two parts of leadership. You’ve got to be a good leader – you’ve got to be somebody that people want to emulate and care about the other people.
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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
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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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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.
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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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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 loved it at LSU.
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