--- title: "10 Good Quotes By Nick Saban" description: "10 Good quotes by Nick Saban. Plus more from Nick Saban and more Good sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/nick-saban-2879_about_once-you-get-good-you-need-a-total-dispo_2878083.jpg" --- > [Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/once-you-get-good-you-need-a-total-disposition-about-staying-good/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/nick-saban-2879_about_once-you-get-good-you-need-a-total-dispo_2878083.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/i-don-t-know-if-i-m-different-from-everybody-else-but-there-s-really/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/nick-saban-2879_developing_i-don-t-know-if-i-m-different-from-every_2629802.jpg) > [I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/i-said-as-soon-as-we-had-a-playoff-we-were-going-to-minimize-the/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/nick-saban-2879_bad_i-said-as-soon-as-we-had-a-playoff-we-we_77020.jpg) > [When you have the ability to affect other people and be somebody that somebody wants to emulate, care enough to help somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/when-you-have-the-ability-to-affect-other-people-and-be-somebody-that/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/nick-saban-2879_ability_when-you-have-the-ability-to-affect-othe_3029723.jpg) > [People talk about you won four national championships. Well, I feel like we've had good enough teams to win eight. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/people-talk-about-you-won-four-national-championships-well-i-feel/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/nick-saban-2879_championships_people-talk-about-you-won-four-national_1619248.jpg) > [Golf is a great example to me. Golf is a metaphor of life. I mean, every shot. You have this beautiful hole,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/golf-is-a-great-example-to-me-golf-is-a-metaphor-of-life-i-mean-every/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/nick-saban-2879_beautiful_golf-is-a-great-example-to-me-golf-is-a_1491332.jpg) > [When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish. Whether it's make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/when-you-invest-your-time-you-make-a-goal-and-a-decision-of-something/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/nick-saban-2879_accomplish_when-you-invest-your-time-you-make-a-goa_1826545.jpg) > [There's two parts of leadership. You've got to be a good leader - you've got to be somebody that people want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/there-s-two-parts-of-leadership-you-ve-got-to-be-a-good-leader-you-ve/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/nick-saban-2879_chemistry_there-s-two-parts-of-leadership-you-ve-g_2987354.jpg) > [One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things: Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/one-thing-i-always-tell-players-is-that-there-are-three-bad-things/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/nick-saban-2879_bad_one-thing-i-always-tell-players-is-that_2870.jpg) > [Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that's a negative, but I think it's a real positive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/everybody-thinks-when-i-say-a-guy-is-a-good-game-manager-that-s-a/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/nick-saban-2879_football_everybody-thinks-when-i-say-a-guy-is-a-g_2539180.jpg) ## Other authors on Good ## More by Nick Saban > [One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things: Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when you're around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/one-thing-i-always-tell-players-is-that-there-are-three-bad-things/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/we-create-a-standard-for-how-we-want-to-do-things-and-everybody-s-got/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/what-makes-freddy-krueger-such-a-horrible-character-what-makes-him/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/i-said-as-soon-as-we-had-a-playoff-we-were-going-to-minimize-the/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [Our goal is to work against things we have not seen that we will see in the near future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/our-goal-is-to-work-against-things-we-have-not-seen-that-we-will-see/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [I've always been able to stay focused on trying to recruit good players and trying to develop those players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/i-ve-always-been-able-to-stay-focused-on-trying-to-recruit-good/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/i-think-people-always-assume-that-every-team-has-great-intangibles/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [I think there's a certain pride people have in competition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/i-think-there-s-a-certain-pride-people-have-in-competition/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/soccer-is-a-continuous-game-rugby-is-a-continuous-game-but-for-the/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [You can't allow yourself to be vulnerable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/you-can-t-allow-yourself-to-be-vulnerable/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/there-are-two-pains-in-life-there-is-the-pain-of-discipline-and-the/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [As a coach, when it comes to football players, we're trying to change their behavior and make them better. As people, we're trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/as-a-coach-when-it-comes-to-football-players-we-re-trying-to-change/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [We're not going to talk about what we're going to accomplish, we're going to talk about how we're going to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/we-re-not-going-to-talk-about-what-we-re-going-to-accomplish-we-re/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [I want what's best for people who want to improve the quality of their life. I hope whoever our leader is will do all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/i-want-what-s-best-for-people-who-want-to-improve-the-quality-of/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) > [The thing that concerns me the most is when I hear that people are making a lot of money a lot of ways except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/the-thing-that-concerns-me-the-most-is-when-i-hear-that-people-are/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/nick-saban/#itemlist", "name": "10 Good Quotes By Nick Saban", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nick Saban" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/once-you-get-good-you-need-a-total-disposition-about-staying-good/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/nick-saban-2879_about_once-you-get-good-you-need-a-total-dispo_2878083.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/nick-saban-2879_about_once-you-get-good-you-need-a-total-dispo_2878083.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/nick-saban-2879_about_once-you-get-good-you-need-a-total-dispo_2878083.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Once you get good, you need a total disposition about staying good.” — Nick Saban", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nick Saban" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/i-don-t-know-if-i-m-different-from-everybody-else-but-there-s-really/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/nick-saban-2879_developing_i-don-t-know-if-i-m-different-from-every_2629802.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/nick-saban-2879_developing_i-don-t-know-if-i-m-different-from-every_2629802.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/nick-saban-2879_developing_i-don-t-know-if-i-m-different-from-every_2629802.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know if I'm different from everybody else, but there's really only two things to me that are really…” — Nick Saban", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. 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You have the ball in your hand every time when you're a quarterback. 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