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.
NICK SABANI always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
More Nick Saban Quotes
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I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.
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When I talk about a successful program, define that. It’s not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that.
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Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character.
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I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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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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It’s great to see our players get some of their dreams come true.
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When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.
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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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I guess I’m motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don’t do things the way you need to do them to have success.
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It’s been our goal as a program to always give our players the best opportunity to be successful, whether it’s personally, academically, or athletically.
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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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I think center is a critical position.
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