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The following are quotes from University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban in an interview with espn.com:
On how to be a dominant program:
“You get there when your players just go play because they want to be as good as they can be, and they’re going to do it every time they play. There doesn’t need to be some external factor that’s going to motivate them.”
On not enjoying success:
“Probably to a fault, what happens to you when you’re like that is that you don’t enjoy what you accomplish because you live in a constant state of anxiety with small moments of relief,” Saban said. “And that’s something that just doesn’t change.”
On what he does enjoy:
“I enjoy it in a different way,” Saban said. “My positive self-gratification comes from knowing that you’re getting the right people in your organization and the organization is functioning at the top end.
“It’s not about me and my ego and how many games we win. It’s about having everybody in the organization playing and doing what they need to do, not just as football players, but doing what they need to do to be successful as people.”
On getting out of the bunker mentality (playing not to lose):
“My feeling on it is that you can’t win the war unless you get out of the bunker,” Saban said. “There’s not a lot of battles won if you stay in the bunker.”
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