610 Quotes by Nick Saban

We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody’s got to buy into that standard or you really can’t have any team chemistry. Mediocre people don’t like high-achievers and high-achievers don’t like mediocre people.

I’m tired of hearing all this talk from people who don’t understand the process of hard work-like little kids in the back seat asking ‘Are we there yet?’ Get where you’re going 1 mile-marker at a time.

Every choice, every decision, everything we do everyday, we want to be a champion.

Eliminate the clutter and all the things that are going on outside and focus on the things that you can control with how you sort of go about and take care of your business. That’s something that’s ongoing, and it can never change.

We’re not going to talk about what we’re going to accomplish, we’re going to talk about how we’re going to do it.

I don’t like to lose. I don’t expect to lose.

I think everybody should take the attitude that we’re working to be a champion, that we want to be a champion in everything that we do. Every choice, every decision, everything that we do every day, we want to be a champion.

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.

You can’t get from A to Z by passing up B.