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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?

Nick Saban

Teachers are always trying to inspire people to do better, to learn, to grow. That’s what we do, and we’re proud of the success we’ve had here doing that, and it’s something we’ll certainly continue to do.
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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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My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It’s not just the job. A lot of people don’t get that. My life is here.
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When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more.
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We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.
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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we’ve had good enough teams to win eight. So I feel like we failed four times. I feel like I failed four times.
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I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot.
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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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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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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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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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All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
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I loved it at LSU.
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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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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 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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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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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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We don’t have rules that people can’t use Twitter. We just want people to be responsible.
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You can control your own destiny a little bit better in college. It’s hard to control all the variables, especially with the salary cap and things like that, in pro football.
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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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Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
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One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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