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 Saban More Quotes by Nick Saban More Quotes From Nick Saban College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game. Nick Saban college football country He said he could play in the game, he wanted to play in the game and he thought he could go out and do a good job, i think he was a warrior in terms of what he did. Nick Saban sports You've got to focus on the next play and do what you have to do, to do your job (and) to help your team be successful, i think that's where you want the players to stay focused, and that's the message that we're trying to give them so that they can go out and have the best opportunity to be successful. Nick Saban top-news I'm proud of this team, they excelled all year long and kept Alabama at the forefront of college football. Nick Saban latest-headlines We really weren't stopping them. We had the momentum of the game because of the turnovers, we did not control the football game like we usually do. Nick Saban latest-headlines 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. Nick Saban face you failure fear Honesty and integrity is an important part of our character, my character. Nick Saban honesty important integrity character 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. Nick Saban my-life me life book 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. Nick Saban looking good you people 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. Nick Saban never you character death 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. Nick Saban good you leadership people All I know is that if we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do. Nick Saban control own know destiny You can blame the other guy for saying it, or you can look at yourself and say, 'I must have contributed to this.' Nick Saban yourself look you blame When you play quarterback, you have to process information quickly, get the ball out of your hand to the right guy. Nick Saban your you information play 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. Nick Saban better you time thinking 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.' Nick Saban game win you hate 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. Nick Saban best you nature time 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. Nick Saban things-happen success people thinking 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. Nick Saban performance never ability talent I don't know if I'm different from everybody else, but there's really only two things to me that are really, really important - recruiting good players in the program and developing those players once they get here. Nick Saban good know me important
