I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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More Nick Saban Quotes
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It’s never OK to lose a game.
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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 certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose.
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You wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
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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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I don’t know that there’s any particular scientific evidence that you could say, more guys get hurt in this offense versus that one, or hurry-up, or whatever, but everything that we’ve ever done in the NCAA is about exposure. How many exposures does a player get?
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I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don’t think I’d have a place to stay.
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One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things.
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You can’t keep your team together, and you are going to have more changes all the time. Personnel decisions aren’t always made by you, especially who you bring to your team.
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Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that’s a negative, but I think it’s a real positive.
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The way I look at it is, if you don’t want somebody to know something, don’t say it. If you don’t want them to see you do something, don’t do it.
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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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I’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
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