Nick Saban

One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things: Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when…

— 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…

— 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.…

— Nick Saban

I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games.…

— Nick Saban

Our goal is to work against things we have not seen that we will see in the near future.

— Nick Saban

I've always been able to stay focused on trying to recruit good players and trying to develop those players.

— Nick Saban

I think people always assume that every team has great intangibles, and that's not necessarily right.

— Nick Saban

I think there's a certain pride people have in competition.

— Nick Saban

Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football…

— Nick Saban

You can't allow yourself to be vulnerable.

— Nick Saban

There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the…

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— Nick Saban

The thing that concerns me the most is when I hear that people are making a lot of money a lot of…

— Nick Saban

George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a…

— Nick Saban

It's not human nature to be great. It's human nature to survive, to be average and do what you have to do…

— Nick Saban

You can control your own destiny a little bit better in college. It's hard to control all the variables, especially with the…

— Nick Saban

There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.

— Nick Saban

The more one emphasizes winning, the less he or she is able to concentrate on what actually causes success.

— Nick Saban

I think center is a critical position.

— Nick Saban

I loved it at LSU.

— Nick Saban

It's never OK to lose a game.

— Nick Saban

There's certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through. I think if I would have…

— Nick Saban

Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.

— Nick Saban