610 Quotes by Nick Saban

The entire defensive team made plays. We pressured just about every down, except for that screen pass. We knew we'd have to play them man to man. Their passing game is very well constructed and it's hard to execute zone against it. We thought that we would try to confuse their offensive line.

If a player isn't performing relative to the so-called investment that you have in him, sometimes you have to make tough decisions. We were committed to the guy. He was committed. If anything, I feel personally responsible that we didn't make it work with the guy.

The guy is very magical with the ball. He has speed and can change direction. He plays with a tremendous amount of toughness for his size and he's done an outstanding job in what he has been able to do in their offense.

I'm looking forward to seeing them. I was really proud of the way they did this year.

I don't think we're considering a lot of changes.

I'm just happy that we could make this state proud, ... We got tired at the end of the game, but we played from the heart.

A good defense starts with defending the middle of the field, and that starts with being able to stop the run.

I don't think we played very well. We didn't look quick, we didn't look fast and we didn't play with the same energy level that I've seen us play with throughout the year so far. I'm not blaming it on anything because that's not my nature, but we certainly didn't have the energy and the enthusiasm that we've played with to this point.

I have never operated on the assumption that anybody should do anything because they are afraid,