It's not human nature to be great. It's human nature to survive, to be average and do what you have to do to get by. That is normal. When you have something good happen, it's the special people that can… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus?… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
Our goal is to work against things we have not seen that we will see in the near future. — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
I've always been able to stay focused on trying to recruit good players and trying to develop those players. — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right. — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
