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 SABANIt’s never OK to lose a game.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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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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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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I don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
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I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.
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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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I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
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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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We certainly don’t want them to do anything that’s going to affect themselves in an adverse way or affect our program, our university, or our team in an adverse way.
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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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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First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
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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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I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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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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