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" 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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" 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. "

Nick Saban

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" You wear your team out, and it's hard to get them back. "

" As a coach, when it comes to football players, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better. "

" 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. "

" One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity. "

" Now, everybody always says there's no 'I' in team, but there is an 'I' in win, because the individuals make the team what it is, and how they think and what they do is important to the team. So when you act like the individual is not important, well, it is damn important who these people are and what they are. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" It's great to see our players get some of their dreams come true. "

" When I talk about a successful program, define that. It's not just winning the national championship every year because nobody can do that. "

" 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. "

" 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 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.' "

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

" The way I look at it is, if you don't want somebody to know something, don't say it. If you don't want them to see you do something, don't do it. "

" I loved it at LSU. "

Nick Saban

Loved

" I don't believe you name a starter until the starter wins the team. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Our players get scrutinized pretty hard at Alabama. "

" I played so long ago, I don't think anybody even knew you could transfer. I don't think they knew anything about it. "

" 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. "

" Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I've ever been involved with. "

" 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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Home

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

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

" 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. "

" What makes Freddy Krueger such a horrible character? What makes him scare you to death? You can't get rid of the guy. He never goes away. "