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.
NICK SABAN
It’s never OK to lose a game.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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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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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.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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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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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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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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Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
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My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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There’s two parts of leadership. You’ve got to be a good leader – you’ve got to be somebody that people want to emulate and care about the other people.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
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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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Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that.
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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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