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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 Saban

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Nick Saban
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 31
American Football Player
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Fairmont
West Virginia
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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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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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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.
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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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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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I don't think it's about who you play, I think it's about who you are.
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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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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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Teaching is the ability to inspire learning.
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We have got to use every opportunity to improve individually so we can improve collectively.
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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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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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You can't get from A to Z by passing up B.
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Every choice, every decision, everything we do everyday, we want to be a champion
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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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Focus on the play like it has a history and a life of its own.
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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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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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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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