115 result(s) for Nick Saban Quotes.
"Don't waste a failure. Learn from it."
"It's not the human condition to be perfect. It's the human condition to aspire to be perfect."
"You're either coaching it or allowing it to happen."
"You can't have any more double standards for players and what's expected of them than you have for yourself."
"When you see that you're sucking wind, that's when the real work begins."
"Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is changing someone's behavior."
"Be where your feet are."
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"If you're going to be a champion, you must be willing to train for it."
"It's not the will to win that matters — everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
"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."
"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 special inside of you, it's not human nature to settle for average."
"Do your job. Everybody needs to understand that. Whatever your job is on the team, do it to the best of your ability."
"No matter how much you try to emulate me, you can't. Because you're not me."
"Champions are champions because they're willing to do things that you might not be willing to do."
"To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are."
"The only way you're going to do that is to really have an ownership and appreciation that you take it one play at a time, you do the little things right."
"There's a tremendous amount of pride that a person has in himself when he knows that he's prepared to do his job and knows that the coach expects him to do it."
"If there's one thing in my life that's missing, it's the doggone dog. I want a dog."
"Focus on the process. Winning and losing often comes down to a few plays here and there, and if you're not prepared, you're not going to make those plays."
"One thing that's important to understand is the difference between discipline and punishment. You can't discipline in punishment."
"Good isn't good enough to get better."
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"Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you."
"You must control what you can control."
"A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring."
"If you want to be a great team, you have to be willing to take direction and execute that direction."
"Don't be like the rest of them, darling."
"There are two pains in life: the pain of discipline and the pain of regret."
"The team with the best players usually does win, but the team that plays the best usually does win."
"The success of the team is more important than the success of any individual player."
"You can't always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response."
"It takes what it takes."
"Discipline is not a restriction but a path to freedom."
"Good is not good enough because you can always be better."
"You can either focus on what you have, or complain about what you don’t have."
"Losing doesn't make me want to quit, it makes me want to fight that much harder."
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"The mindset of a champion is not just winning, but winning when it counts."
"Pressure is that uneasy feeling that you are not prepared."
"To be an overachiever, you have to be an over-believer."
"I'm not going to do anything but say the same thing when I'm pointing out a weakness in a player, and that is that he needs to improve."
"Don't waste a failure."
"There's a reason they call it the grind. It's hard. But I tell you what, the feeling you get aferward, there's nothing like it."
"If you continue to do what's always been done, you'll continue to get what you've always got."
"Don't look at the scoreboard. It's about how you play the game and the effort you give."
"Greatness is a lot of small things done well, stacked up on each other."
"Toughness comes from the heart. You've got to be physical, mentally and emotionally tough."
"You have to be special in some way, no matter how small it is."
"There are two pains in life: the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. You choose."
"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."
"The success of our organization doesn't get here by accident. We had a standard of excellence that we wanted to create."
"The mindset of being positive and having positive thoughts creates energy."
"You're either in or you're out. There is no such thing as life in-between."
"You've got to be willing to make sacrifices. You've got to be willing to make tough decisions."
"The way you do anything is the way you do everything."
"You can't be afraid to make mistakes. You can't be afraid to fail."
"There is no continuum for success. You are either getting better or getting worse."
"Be where your feet are. Be present. Focus on what you're doing now."
"It's all about the mind. If you're confident, you can do anything."
"If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else?"
"Discipline is not punishment. Discipline comes from a word that means to teach."
"You can't win together if you don't work together."
"It doesn't matter what you want. It's what you're willing to do to get it."
"A person can have the will to win, but if they don't have the will to prepare, they're going to fail."
"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it."
"Success only comes before work in the dictionary."
"It's not about the opponent. It's about playing to your standard. Don't worry about who's on the other side."
"If you don't have self-discipline, you're going to struggle. It's as simple as that."
"Don't look at the scoreboard. When you are competing, compete against the standard of excellence."
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers and high achievers don't like mediocre people."
"I'm not looking for players with a wealth of experience; I'm looking for players with a wealth of character."
"There are two pains in life: the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment."
"Good is not good enough when better is expected."
"It's not the human condition to be great; it's the human condition to be average and mediocre."
"We have too many people who overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are."
"Excuses are a sign of weakness."
"There are two kinds of players: ones that make plays and ones that make excuses."
"Never let the pressure exceed the pleasure of playing the game."
"You can't get where you're going if you're carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past."
"Invest your time and effort in things that are important and count, but have a balance in your life."
"I'm not in a hurry. The rest of the world might be in a hurry, but I'm not."
"Toughness is defined by the ability to be disciplined enough to do the things you don't want to do."
"A team is not a bunch of individuals living together; a team is a group of individuals willing to sacrifice together."
"You don't have to hit a home run every time; it's the singles and doubles that win ballgames."
"Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar."
"It's human nature to get comfortable and do what's easy. It takes real character to choose to do what's hard."
"You can't do anything about yesterday. The only thing you can do something about is today."
"It's not about personality; it's about performance. If you don't like to compete, you're in the wrong business."
"Success is not a continuum; it's momentary. You've got to continue to work to sustain it."
"It's not human nature to be great unless there's something wrong with you."
"Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
"Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control."
"Don't think about winning the SEC Championship. Don't think about the national championship. Think about what you needed to do in this drill, on this play, in this moment."
"The biggest thing you can do to recruit players is recruit the players that are on the team that you have."
"I'm not gonna talk about injuries, so don't ask me."
"If I'm going to ask my players to control themselves, then I have to control myself."
"Discipline is not a dirty word."
"You can't sit here and worry about what's already happened."
"The most important thing about mental toughness is to be able to overcome adversity."
"If you want to be a champion, you have to buy into the process."
"I think everybody makes mistakes. The key to making mistakes is we've got to learn from them."
"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 stay focused and keep paying attention to detail, working to get better and not being satisfied with what they have accomplished."
"Good is not good when better is expected."
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people."
"There are two pains in life. The pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment."
"It's not about the value of the prize. It's about the fight for the prize."
"You have to be willing to outwork and out-prepare everyone else."
"You want to recruit and have players that are internal-driven, not external-driven."
"It's not the human condition to be great. It's the human condition to survive."
"When you win a national championship, you're winning it with a team."
"Every play has a history and life of its own."
"You don't have to hit a home run. If the other team doesn't score, we win."
"Leadership comes from a commitment to doing things the right way."
"You don't have to talk about what you did, if what you do is great."
"To be satisfied with the status quo is not a good thing for anybody. If you're not improving, you're going backwards."
"You can't wave a magic wand and have the attitude you want to have. You have to do it with tremendous effort."
"There's lots of struggles out there. But it's the struggles that really define us."
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