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" Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that's a negative, but I think it's a real positive. 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. "

Nick Saban

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" I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do. "

Nick Saban

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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. "

Nick Saban

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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. "

" I always ask myself the question, do you like to win, or do you hate to lose? "

" I think the worst thing a player can do is just not be yourself. "

" I don't try to sensationalize anybody. I'm not trying to entertain. I'm trying to give information and give access to me and tell about our program. "

Nick Saban

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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. "

" 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. Now 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. "

" I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears. "

" I loved it at LSU. "

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" There needs to be a college football commissioner. "

" If we'd had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami. "

" Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You get excited about getting married, aight, but after you're married for awhile, you gotta have a process to make it work, aight. "

" 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. "

Nick Saban

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" Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is. "

" When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more. "

" When you have the ability to affect other people and be somebody that somebody wants to emulate, care enough to help somebody else for their benefit, that's what makes you a good teammate, and that's what everybody's looking for. "

" 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. "

" I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose. 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.' "

" There'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. But the other guys that you have have to accept their leadership. They have to respond to it. That's the chemistry that you never know how that is going to happen. "

" I've had a lot more success helping guys then just being punitive. "

" My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It's not just the job. A lot of people don't get that. My life is here. "

" I think I'm pretty misunderstood, because I'm not just about football. "

" I try to stay out of the spotlight. "

" 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. "

" I don't ever want the players to relax in a game. "

" Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama. "