All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do.
NICK SABANCollege 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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We certainly don’t want them to do anything that’s going to affect themselves in an adverse way or affect our program, our university, or our team in an adverse way.
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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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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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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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My wife gets so mad at me because I don’t like to cook on the grill.
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There needs to be a college football commissioner.
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I don’t control what people say. I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else.
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It’s been our goal as a program to always give our players the best opportunity to be successful, whether it’s personally, academically, or athletically.
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I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
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