Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
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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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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I don’t know that there’s any particular scientific evidence that you could say, more guys get hurt in this offense versus that one, or hurry-up, or whatever, but everything that we’ve ever done in the NCAA is about exposure. How many exposures does a player get?
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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 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 would give them the ball and score points. I wouldn’t play them on defense. I would play them where they can get the ball and score points.
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As a coach, when it comes to football players, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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We played in a number of these neutral site games.
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But the other guys that you have have to accept their leadership. They have to respond to it. That’s the chemistry that you never know how that is going to happen.
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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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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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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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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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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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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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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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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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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
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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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