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.
Nick SabanThe number one thing on any team that will keep your players from being selfish is respect for the other players.
Nick SabanSuccess doesn't come from pie-in-the-sky thinking. It's the result of consciously doing something each day that will add to your overall excellence.
Nick SabanBecoming 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 SabanI 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.
Nick SabanWe have three kinds of guys on our team. We have guys that get it; they play good; they understand how to play winning football. We have some guys that are trying to get it, and they are working hard every day? We are supporting them, and we want the guys that have it to support them. Then we have some guys that don't get it and don't know that they don't get it. We are trying to replace them. We only have a couple left.
Nick Saban