Nick Saban quotes
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“There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.”
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“When you play against good people, that's when you focus your concentration. Your sense of urgency to be disciplined in your execution all become more critical. Sometimes you get away with doing things not quite right against lesser competition, but when you play against real good people that's when it shows up.”
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“I think everybody should take the attitude that we're working to be a champion, that we want to be a champion in everything that we do. Every choice, every decision, everything that we do every day, we want to be a champion.”
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“I've always been able to stay focused on trying to recruit good players and trying to develop those players.”
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“Becoming a champion is not an easy process... It is done by focusing on what it takes to get there and not on getting there.”
-- Nick SabanSource : Nick Saban, Brian Curtis (2007). “How Good Do You Want to Be?: A Champion's Tips on How to Lead and Succeed at Work and in Life”, p.3, Ballantine Books
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“The thing that concerns me the most is when I hear that people are making a lot of money a lot of ways except for the athletes, whether it's on the bowl games, the TV contracts, the conferences, the schools, the coaches, however you want to say it.”
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“Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is changing someone’s behavior.”
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“We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody's got to buy into that standard or you really can't have any team chemistry. Mediocre people don't like high-achievers and high-achievers don't like mediocre people.”
-- Nick SabanSource : "Alabama coach Nick Saban's quest for perfection". "60 minutes" with Armen Keteyian, www.cbsnews.com. September 14, 2014.
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“It's not human nature to be great. It's human nature to survive, to be average and do what you have to do to get by. That is normal. When you have something good happen, it's the special people that can stay focused and keep paying attention to detail, working to get better and not being satisfied with what they have accomplished.”
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“Your character is your accumulation of your thoughts, habits and priorities on a day-to-day basis.”
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“Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.”
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“We have got to use every opportunity to improve individually so we can improve collectively.”
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“The formula for success is every guy can make a difference for the entire team in whatever his role is. And to do it right, to get it right, is a critical factor in being successful.”
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“Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people.”
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“People who are role models for the principles and values of the organization, who buy in and understand the vision of what the organization is trying to accomplish, and have the personality to inspire other people to the vision. You know, that’s what team chemistry and leadership is all about.”
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“I'm tired of hearing all this talk from people who don't understand the process of hard work-like little kids in the back seat asking 'Are we there yet?' Get where you're going 1 mile-marker at a time.”
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“I don't control what people put on dot-com or anything else. So I'm just telling you there's no significance, in my opinion, about this, about me, about any interest that I have in anything other than being the coach here.”
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“I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.”
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“The more one emphasizes winning, the less he or she is able to concentrate on what actually causes success.”
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“What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.”
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“In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you're lucky. You couldn't really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten players with first-round talent every year.”
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“Anyone who doesn't win their conference has no business playing in the national championship game.”
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“There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.”
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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.”
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“I don't think it's about who you play, I think it's about who you are.”
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“You can't win together if you don't work together.”
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“It doesn’t matter what you are ranked until the end.”
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“I’ve never considered joining Twitter, nor do I know why anybody would.”
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“Focus on the play like it has a history and a life of its own.”
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“Every choice, every decision, everything we do everyday, we want to be a champion”
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“Any team that does not win it's conference championship game should not play in the BCS title game”
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“The roster that we have today may change tomorrow. It is what it is for right now.”
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“I asked my priest if it was a sin to play golf on Sunday. And he said, "It's a sin for you to play anytime."”
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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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“Teaching is the ability to inspire learning.”
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“Our goal is to work against things we have not seen that we will see in the near future.”
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“To be a great player, you have to affect the entire unit.”
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“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.”
-- Nick SabanSource : Nick Saban, Brian Curtis (2007). “How Good Do You Want to Be?: A Champion's Tips on How to Lead and Succeed at Work and in Life”, p.8, Ballantine Books
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“The number one thing on any team that will keep your players from being selfish is respect for the other players.”
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“High achievers don't like mediocre people, mediocre people don't like high achievers.”
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“It's about how the players play and compete. I know everybody is going to equate that on winning or losing, like they always do, but if we play hard and compete well in the game .. then I think we are building on something.”
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