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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.

Nick Saban

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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I don’t know if I’m different from everybody else, but there’s really only two things to me that are really, really important – recruiting good players in the program and developing those players once they get here.
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Different Else Everybody Good Important Know Only Really Recruit Thing Two
Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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Dosposituon Get Good Need Once Stay Total
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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Another Everybody Like Mean One Person Say So Vote Why Do
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 try to stay out of the spotlight.
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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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 think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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Everybody Face Fear Lot Think Time
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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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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Allow Vulnerable Yourself
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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Best Big Coach Football Game Integrity Look Need Sec Somebody Ten That
It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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Come Dream Great Our Player See Some True
You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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Beautiful Good Hole Opportunity Score
I think center is a critical position.
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Center Critical I Position Think
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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Celebrity Coach Coordinator Far People Person Responsibility Stage State

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