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

Nick Saban

There won’t be any hearsay. There won’t be any expert analysis from anybody else. It will be the real deal.
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Analysis Anybody Deal Else Expert Hearsay Real
I don’t think I’m complicated at all. I’m not political, and I’m not trying to be diplomatic. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I don’t say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There’s no trying to fool somebody.
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All At Complicated Diplomatic Political Think Try
Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.
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Ability Convert Everybody Know Performance Productive Really Somebody Talent
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
I feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.
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I think center is a critical position.
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Center Critical I Position Think
I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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Ant Give Kid never Opportunity Sicontinie
What makes Freddy Krueger such a horrible character? What makes him scare you to death? You can’t get rid of the guy. He never goes away.
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Character Death Horrible Make People Person Scare What You
I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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Always Ask Hate Like Lse Myself Question Wine
I don’t want people to think I’m not happy when we win – I am. But there’s a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, ‘This is it – we conquered the world.’ We didn’t. We just won a game.
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Accomplish Being Between Difference Happy People Think Want Win
I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don’t think I’d have a place to stay.
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Dad Home House Kick Out Play Quit Stay Team Think Told
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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Access Anybody Entertain Give Information Me Sensation Tell Try
I’ll write an authorized book because there’s only one expert on my life, and guess who that is… me. And there won’t be any misinformation. There won’t be any false statements.
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Authorize Book Expert Guess Misinformation Statement Write
I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.
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Coach Flexible Money More One Pay Pro Think Way
It’s never OK to lose a game.
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Game IT Lose never OK One Liner
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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Adverse Anything Average Certainly Go Program Team Themselves University Want Way

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