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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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Nick Saban
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 31
American Football Player
Football Coach
Fairmont
West Virginia
Nicholas Lou Saban
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You can't get from A to Z by passing up B.
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We have got to use every opportunity to improve individually so we can improve collectively.
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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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There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.
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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.
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Focus on the play like it has a history and a life of its own.
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You can't win together if you don't work together.
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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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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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Be all you can be in whatever you choose to do. The sky is the limit, so go for it. And do not create any self-imposed limitations.
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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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Anyone who doesn't win their conference has no business playing in the national championship game.
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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.
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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.
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The difference nowadays is that when I go on vacation I work some of the time rather than all of the time.
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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.
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Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.
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Teaching is the ability to inspire learning.
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It doesn’t matter what you are ranked until the end.
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