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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More Nick Saban Quotes
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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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If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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It’s a free country. I know we have a lot of regulations in the world right now in what we can and can’t do. I would rather our people be responsible and not have to be regulated.
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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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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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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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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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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.
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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
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I don’t try to sensationalize anybody. I’m not trying to entertain. I’m trying to give information and give access to me and tell about our program.
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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 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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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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