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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,

Nick Saban

I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
NICK SABAN

Football Just Misunderstood Not Pretty Think
College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
NICK SABAN

College Country Football Game Kind Only Pro
I would call them, whether it’s a playoff game, a bowl game, or one of these kickoff classic type things, which I think is helpful to, you know, our players in terms of playing some place that’s not really a home game for them.
NICK SABAN

Bowl Classic Game Helpful Home Player Playoff Think
I think center is a critical position.
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Center Critical I Position Think
I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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Alabama Coach Go
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.
NICK SABAN

Any Create Do Everybody Have How Really Standard Team Thing Want
The way I look at it is, if you don’t want somebody to know something, don’t say it. If you don’t want them to see you do something, don’t do it.
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Know Look Say Somebody Something Want Way
I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn’t seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.
NICK SABAN

Challenge Different Enjoy Great Little Lot Nfl Opportunity Player Respect Team Thing
Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
NICK SABAN

Can Entertainer Great People Sing
You can control your own destiny a little bit better in college. It’s hard to control all the variables, especially with the salary cap and things like that, in pro football.
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All Better Bit Cap College Control Destiny Especially Hard Identity Own Salary Thing Variable Your
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.
NICK SABAN

Celebrity Coach Coordinator Far People Person Responsibility Stage State
Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
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Competitor Kind People Person Special Term
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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Dad Home House Kick Out Play Quit Stay Team Think Told
I don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
NICK SABAN

Anything Com Control Dot Else People Say
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.
NICK SABAN

Ability Convert Everybody Know Performance Productive Really Somebody Talent
You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’
NICK SABAN

Blame Can Contribute Guy Hold Other Say Yourself

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