Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
NICK SABANYou wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don’t know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.
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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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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.
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As a coach, when it comes to football players, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we’re trying to change their behavior and make them better.
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I don’t know how many times I’ve been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn’t matter. It’s only the next shot that matters.
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Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.
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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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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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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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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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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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When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish.
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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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I hope whoever our leader is will do all that he can do to make our country safe and improve the quality of life for a lot of the people we have in our country, and I don’t think I am qualified to determine who that should be.
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