There needs to be a college football commissioner.
NICK SABANI 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.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, ‘I must have contributed to this.’
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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.
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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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We don’t have rules that people can’t use Twitter. We just want people to be responsible.
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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 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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We played in a number of these neutral site games.
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No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.
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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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