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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More Nick Saban Quotes
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If you’re a coach, you’re a teacher.
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I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose?
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I 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.
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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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Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don’t know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.
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I 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.
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I want what’s best for people who want to improve the quality of their life.
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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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I just want everybody to know that I’m opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
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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’ve had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive.
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I guess I’m motivated by the fear of failure to some degree and knowing what can happen when you don’t do things the way you need to do them to have success.
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First of all, you’ve got to have a vision of ‘What kind of program do I want to have?’ Then you’ve got to have a plan to implement it. Then you’ve got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.
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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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I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself.
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