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" I don't ever want the players to relax in a game. "
Nick Saban
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" Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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Kind
Country
" It's great to see our players get some of their dreams come true. "
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See
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" Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot. You have this beautiful hole, this beautiful opportunity to get a good score. "
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Beautiful
Good
Opportunity
" Probably the number one position that has the greatest number of players to choose from is receiver. When we're out there recruiting, there are a lot of receivers out there to recruit. It's harder to find defensive players. "
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Greatest
Find
Position
" I don't believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team. "
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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. "
Nick Saban
Football
Game
Integrity
" 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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Failure
You
Way
" I don't know that there's any particular scientific evidence that you could say, more guys get hurt in this offense versus that one, or hurry-up, or whatever, but everything that we've ever done in the NCAA is about exposure. How many exposures does a player get? "
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Say
Evidence
Know
" I want what's best for people who want to improve the quality of their life. I 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 Saban
Best
Hope
I Am
" I think a lot of times you have to face your fears. I think everybody has to face their fears. "
Nick Saban
Face
Your
You
" 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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Play
Information
Process
" I'm not going to be the Alabama coach. "
Nick Saban
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Going
Coach
" 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. "
Nick Saban
Job
Mom
Wife
" 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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College
Decisions
Football
" I think there's a certain pride people have in competition. "
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Pride
Think
Competition
" I don't control what people say. I don't control what people put on dot-com or anything else. "
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" When I talk about a successful program, define that. It's not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that. "
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" Teachers are always trying to inspire people to do better, to learn, to grow. That's what we do, and we're proud of the success we've had here doing that, and it's something we'll certainly continue to do. "
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Success
Proud
People
" 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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Good
Feel
Enough
" 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. "
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Information
Give
Me
" If we'd had Drew Brees, I might still be in Miami. "
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Might
" 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? "
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" I try to stay out of the spotlight. "
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