Best Nick Saban Quotes & Sayings

Anyone who doesn't win their conference has no business playing in the national championship game. — Nick Saban

The roster that we have today may change tomorrow. It is what it is for right now. — Nick Saban

Discipline is not punishment. Discipline is changing someone's behavior. — 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 the number of plays that you play, I don't know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game. — Nick Saban

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

If you don't get result-oriented with the kids, you can focus on the things in the process that are important to them being successful. — Nick Saban

You can't win together if you don't work together. — Nick Saban

Be all you can be in whatever you choose to do. The sky is the limit, so go for it. And do not create any self-imposed limitations. — Nick Saban

When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish. Whether it's make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who's in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you're investing your time in that. — Nick Saban

Any team that does not win it's conference championship game should not play in the BCS title game — Nick Saban

The number one thing on any team that will keep your players from being selfish is respect for the other players. — Nick Saban

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. — Nick Saban

It's easier to win the National Championship than the SEC, ask Nick Saban. — Steve Spurrier

The formula for success is every guy can make a difference for the entire team in whatever his role is. And to do it right, to get it right, is a critical factor in being successful. — Nick Saban

Teaching is the ability to inspire learning. — 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 goes away. — Nick Saban

Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness. — Nick Saban

Becoming a champion is not an easy process ... It is done by focusing on what it takes to get there and not on getting there. — Nick Saban

I don't care what you did yesterday. If you're happy with that, you have bigger problems. — Nick Saban

I'm not going to be the Alabama coach. — Nick Saban

I don't think I'm complicated at all. I'm not political, and I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, and I don't say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There's no trying to fool somebody. — Nick Saban

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

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

I asked my priest if it was a sin to play golf on Sunday. And he said, "It's a sin for you to play anytime." — Nick Saban

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. — Nick Saban

In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you're lucky. You couldn't really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten players with first-round talent every year. — Nick Saban

Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful. — Nick Saban

We have three kinds of guys on our team. We have guys that get it; they play good; they understand how to play winning football. We have some guys that are trying to get it, and they are working hard every day? We are supporting them, and we want the guys that have it to support them. Then we have some guys that don't get it and don't know that they don't get it. We are trying to replace them. We only have a couple left. — Nick Saban

I don't know that there's any particular scientific evidence that you could say, more guys get hurt in this offense versus that one, or hurry-up, or whatever, but everything that we've ever done in the NCAA is about exposure. How many exposures does a player get? — Nick Saban

To be a great player, you have to
affect the entire unit. — Nick Saban