Now, everybody always says there’s no ‘I’ in team, but there is an ‘I’ in win, because the individuals make the team what it is, and how they think and what they do is important to the team.
NICK SABANNow, everybody always says there’s no ‘I’ in team, but there is an ‘I’ in win, because the individuals make the team what it is, and how they think and what they do is important to the team.
NICK SABANI said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I’m not saying it’s good or bad; it kind of is what it is.
NICK SABANI always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
NICK SABANI hope whoever our leader is will do all that he can do to make our country safe and improve the quality of life for a lot of the people we have in our country, and I don’t think I am qualified to determine who that should be.
NICK SABANThere’s two parts of leadership. You’ve got to be a good leader – you’ve got to be somebody that people want to emulate and care about the other people.
NICK SABANSteph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.
NICK SABANYou wear your team out, and it’s hard to get them back.
NICK SABANI feel like I’ve been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.
NICK SABANThere needs to be somebody that looks out for what’s best for the game, not what’s best for the Big 10 or what’s best for the SEC or what’s best for Jim Harbaugh, but what’s best for the game of college football – the integrity of the game, the coaches, the players, and the people that play it.
NICK SABANI don’t ever want the players to relax in a game.
NICK SABANNow 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.
NICK SABANTalent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons.
NICK SABANIf I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn’t like me. So, why would I do that?
NICK SABANI think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears.
NICK SABANIt’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.
NICK SABANOur players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama.
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