Teachers are always trying to inspire people to do better, to learn, to grow. That’s what we do, and we’re proud of the success we’ve had here doing that, and it’s something we’ll certainly continue to do.
NICK SABANIf I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
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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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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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I don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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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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Now, everybody always says there’s no ‘I’ in team, but there is an ‘I’ in win, because the individuals make the team what it is, and how they think and what they do is important to the team.
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I think there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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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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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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I loved it at LSU.
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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 think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
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