610 Quotes by Nick Saban

I'm not blaming it on anything because that's not my nature, ... but we certainly didn't have the energy and enthusiasm that we've played with to this point.

But what happened in their first game is no indication of the kind of team that they have.

This is a great football game against a very good football team. A lot of character, a lot of heart out there today on both sides of the ball -- that's what makes it special, when you can persevere and come away with the win.

I'm not blaming anybody, because that's not my nature, but we certainly didn't have the energy and enthusiasm we've had up to this point. We just didn't look like the same team out there, and I can't give you any reason exactly why.

I felt like Ricky Williams played well. He didn't have many opportunities to do much, because he didn't have much space.

This has no bearing on what his workload is going to be in the game.

I know you're going to ask me, 'What are you going to do about it?' ... And I'm going to tell you right now, I'm not sure.

I can't sit here and say that our players aren't as good as their players. I feel terribly that we didn't get the result that we wanted.

This is a league decision, and we are disappointed in what it means for Ricky and the team.