Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that.
NICK SABANMy wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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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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Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
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Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you’re married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight.
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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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If we’d had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami.
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We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry.
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Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
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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 there’s a certain pride people have in competition.
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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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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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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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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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We don’t have rules that people can’t use Twitter. We just want people to be responsible.
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