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Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people.

Nick Saban

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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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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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I don't think it's about who you play, I think it's about who you are.
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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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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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