Nick Saban Quotes

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Nick Saban

Profession : Coach

Birth : October 31, 1951

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.

Nick Saban

If 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 Saban

One of these days when I'm finished coaching at Alabama, I'll write an authorized book because there's only one expert on my life, and guess who that is... me. And there won't be any misinformation. There won't be any false statements. 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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You can't allow yourself to be vulnerable.

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I think there's a certain pride people have in competition.

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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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You can control your own destiny a little bit better in college. It's hard to control all the variables, especially with the salary cap and things like that, in pro football. 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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Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.

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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 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.

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I'm not going to be the Alabama coach.

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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 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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There's certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through. 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.

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The thing I like about college football so much is you can affect these guys a lot more when they are 18-22, 23 years old in terms of people and having a chance to be more successful. They are still a value type development, where you have a chance to help them mature a bit and help them be a little more successful in life.

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It's never OK to lose a game.

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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 never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities.

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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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I don't control what people say. I don't control what people put on dot-com or anything else.

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