Nick Saban Quotes

Would we have rather have been in a situation where we didn't have to call timeout? Absolutely... But I felt it was an important enough situation in the game. - Nick Saban

Would it be better long-term for him so that he can get better and just not be an every week thing for the next however many more weeks if he doesn't have an opportunity to get some rest and get it a little better than what it is right now? - Nick Saban

With such a demanding schedule, it's also important that we improve as the season progresses and develop the kind of team chemistry that will allow us to play winning football and finish strongly as we did last year. - Nick Saban

While we do this, from a player's perspective it would be advantageous if we got fan support. - Nick Saban

Where do we go from here? I think it's important that everybody's responsible for what they can do to make this better. I certainly will be, in terms of my part of it. What we're focused on is how we improve as a team, how we learn from the experience that we had here to day, and how we stay together as a team. - Nick Saban

When you're talking about this position, you'd like to really know what a guy's football intuition, instinct and knowledge is and what the capacity for those things are. That's probably as big of a reason [for the visit]. We'd just like to get to know him. - Nick Saban

When you have reached the pinnacle as a player of what you have always aspired for, what's your motivation? ... Some guys just work their tail off because they want to be good. It's important to them and their pride. Those guys have a better chance to succeed than the guy who did all of that to get here, and now all of a sudden the things that got him here don't seem to be important anymore. - Nick Saban

When you go down and score the first time you have the ball, that sets the tempo for the game. - Nick Saban

When you can rush two [linebackers] on third down, and we already have one of those types of guys in Jason Taylor, you've really helped your chances of becoming a successful third-down team. It's something that we would look at trying to do if the opportunity presents itself. - Nick Saban

When you bring guys in late, their learning curve, their resource of information, isn't what the other guys are so they're trying to learn everything at once. [We made the move] based on his performance in the last two games, his knowledge and experience. - Nick Saban

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