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.
NICK SABANI don’t Twitter. I don’t text for those very reasons. I don’t want anything to be misinterpreted. I would encourage our guys not to do that.
More Nick Saban Quotes
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Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it’s not to keep trying to be the best. That’s not necessarily human nature.
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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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Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I’ve ever been involved with.
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There’s certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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I try to stay out of the spotlight.
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You can’t allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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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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So when you think about that, you’re always motivated to, ‘I don’t want to lose the next game. I don’t want to lose the next game.’
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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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When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy.
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I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn’t seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.
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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.
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I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that’s not necessarily right.
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Mick Jagger can sing. Mick Jagger is a great entertainer.
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So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are.
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I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score.
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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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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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Probably the number one position that has the greatest number of players to choose from is receiver. When we’re out there recruiting, there are a lot of receivers out there to recruit. It’s harder to find defensive players.
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I don’t Twitter. I don’t text for those very reasons. I don’t want anything to be misinterpreted. I would encourage our guys not to do that.
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One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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It’s a free country. I know we have a lot of regulations in the world right now in what we can and can’t do. I would rather our people be responsible and not have to be regulated.
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You have the ball in your hand every time when you’re a quarterback. Whether you’re handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that’s extremely important.
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I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.
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