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When you have a system, you kind of get in a routine of what’s important. And then you spend a lot more time on thinking of things that would make it better.

Nick Saban

I don’t believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team.
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Believe Name Starter Team Until Win
If I were a high school coach, I would put my best players on offense. The best athletes on my team,
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Athlete Best Coach High Offense Player Put School Team Would
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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Adverse Anything Average Certainly Go Program Team Themselves University Want Way
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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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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There won’t be any hearsay. There won’t be any expert analysis from anybody else. It will be the real deal.
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Analysis Anybody Deal Else Expert Hearsay Real
I don’t know if I’m different from everybody else, but there’s really only two things to me that are really, really important – recruiting good players in the program and developing those players once they get here.
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Different Else Everybody Good Important Know Only Really Recruit Thing Two
One of these days when I’m finished coaching at Alabama.
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Coach Country Day Finish These
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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All Bring Change Decision Especially Keep Made Personnel Team Time Together
I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.
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Ant Give Kid never Opportunity Sicontinie
I don’t know how many times I’ve been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn’t matter. It’s only the next shot that matters.
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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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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 don’t think I’m complicated at all. I’m not political, and I’m not trying to be diplomatic. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I don’t say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There’s no trying to fool somebody.
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All At Complicated Diplomatic Political Think Try
One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient.
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Champion One Resilient Team Thing
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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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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Behaviors Better Change Coach Come Football Make Player Try
I want what’s best for our country. I’m not sure I can figure that out.
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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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Everybody Face Fear Lot Think Time
We don’t have rules that people can’t use Twitter. We just want people to be responsible.
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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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Can Do Just Player Thing Think Worst Yourself
I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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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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I played so long ago, I don’t think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don’t think they knew anything about it.
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Ago Anybody Anything Even Knew Long Play Think Transfer
I think people who grow up in one particular environment, like the Alabama-Auburn game, they don’t ever get the same appreciation for the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Michigan State-Notre Dame game or the Michigan-Michigan State game, the Browns and the Steelers.
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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Coach Teacher You Are

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