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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 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? "

Nick Saban

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" You can't allow yourself to be vulnerable. "

" Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people. "

" There needs to be a college football commissioner. "

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

" We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure. "

" I think center is a critical position. "

" I loved it at LSU. "

Nick Saban

Loved

" 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

Team

Home

" 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

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Say

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

" If you're a coach, you're a teacher. "

" 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. "

" When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish. Whether it's make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who's in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you're investing your time in that. "

" It's never OK to lose a game. "

Nick Saban

Lose

Game

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

Nick Saban

You

I Think

" Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character. "

" Talent is talent, and everybody knows somebody who has talent or ability, but they never really converted it into a productive performance for whatever reasons. "

" All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do. "

" 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. "

" I want what's best for our country. I'm not sure I can figure that out. "

" 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. "

" I never want to discontinue giving kids opportunities. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right. "