1. “Be on time because it shows you care.” – Nick Saban
2. “Our goal is to work against things we have not seen that we will see in the near future.” – Nick Saban
3. “Your message should be constant. Talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol from an early age and don’t stop. Encourage your employees every day—not simply after successes, but through the tough times as well.” – Nick Saban
4. “Any team that does not win it’s conference championship game should not play in the BCS title game.” – Nick Saban
5. “I don’t like to lose. I don’t expect to lose.” – Nick Saban
6. “Education does not promise success, but makes it easier.” – Nick Saban
7. “No matter what your chosen profession, be prepared for opportunity and be willing to take it—your destiny may depend on it.” – Nick Saban
8. “The good is enough additude is not what we’re looking for, we have got to use every oppurtunity to improve indivisually so we can improve collectively” – Nick Saban
9. “You can’t win together if you don’t work together.” – Nick Saban
10. “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.” – Nick Saban
11. “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.” – Nick Saban
12. “One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.” – Nick Saban
13. “High achievers don’t like mediocre people, mediocre people don’t like high achievers.” – Nick Saban
14. “Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.” – Nick Saban
15. “The roster that we have today may change tomorrow. It is what it is for right now.” – Nick Saban
16. “Success doesn’t come from pie-in-the-sky thinking. It’s the result of consciously doing something each day that will add to your overall excellence.” – Nick Saban
17. “Champions are rare. Everybody has some chance, some opportunity to change and improve, but not everybody takes advantage. Be somebody who does.” – Nick Saban
18. “don’t want to see, you must decide if the battle is worth your time and effort. In your life, only you can decide what is worth going to battle for, keeping in mind what may be sacrificed in the process.” – Nick Saban
19. “Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.” – Nick Saban
20. “Great leaders are not always popular.” – Nick Saban
21. “I’ve always been able to stay focused on trying to recruit good players and trying to develop those players.” – Nick Saban
22. “There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress not the results.” – Nick Saban
23. “I don’t think it’s about who you play, I think it’s about who you are.” – Nick Saban
24. “What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference – the precious present moment.” – Nick Saban
25. “Character is what you do when no one else is watching.” – Nick Saban
26. “we had more skill than you can imagine, at almost every position. But guys didn’t want to put in the effort or to play with toughness and togetherness, and the incredible skills never developed into talent.” – Nick Saban
27. “We have to compete within ourselves relative to the determination it takes to be successful.” – Nick Saban
28. “The more one emphasizes winning, the less he or she is able to concentrate on what actually causes success.” – Nick Saban
29. “I don’t control what people put on dot-com or anything else. So I’m just telling you there’s no significance, in my opinion, about this, about me, about any interest that I have in anything other than being the coach here.” – Nick Saban
30. “A good process produces good results.” – Nick Saban
31. “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.” – Nick Saban
32. “In your business and personal life, think of those who are dominant. What do they all have in common? Do you have it in you to be like them?” – Nick Saban
33. “Focus on the play like it has a history and a life of its own.” – Nick Saban
34. “I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.” – Nick Saban
35. “Be all you can be in whatever you choose to do. The sky is the limit, so go for it. And do not create any self-imposed limitations.” – Nick Saban
36. “I think I’m pretty misunderstood, because I’m not just about football.” – Nick Saban
37. “The difference nowadays is that when I go on vacation I work some of the time rather than all of the time.” – Nick Saban
38. “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.” – Nick Saban
39. “Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people.” – Nick Saban
40. “In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you’re lucky. You couldn’t really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten players with first-round talent every year.” – Nick Saban
41. “The number one thing on any team that will keep your players from being selfish is respect for the other players.” – Nick Saban
42. “It doesn’t matter what you are ranked until the end.” – Nick Saban
43. “The difference between belief and trust can be monumental. We may believe in others, but do we really trust them? To firmly trust people means putting your own successes and health in their hands.” – Nick Saban
44. “I asked my priest if it was a sin to play golf on Sunday. And he said, “It’s a sin for you to play anytime.”” – Nick Saban
45. “College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.” – Nick Saban
46. “We have got to use every opportunity to improve individually so we can improve collectively.” – Nick Saban
47. “Do what you do and be who you are.” – Nick Saban
48. “People who are role models for the principles and values of the organization, who buy in and understand the vision of what the organization is trying to accomplish, and have the personality to inspire other people to the vision. You know, that’s what team chemistry and leadership is all about.” – Nick Saban
49. “Some of the great leaders in history were not adored, but respected. My advice to leaders – stop trying to please everyone and do what you believe is best.” – Nick Saban
50. “There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you’ll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.” – Nick Saban
51. “That’s the mentality champions have. Winning on the road in sports or going into a rival company’s region and winning just feels better. Instead of seeing the challenge as We have to, we should see all challenges as We get to.” – Nick Saban
52. “Every choice, every decision, everything we do every day, we want to be a champion.” – Nick Saban
53. “Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.” – Nick Saban
54. “The thing that concerns me the most is when I hear that people are making a lot of money a lot of ways except for the athletes, whether it’s on the bowl games, the TV contracts, the conferences, the schools, the coaches, however you want to say it.” – Nick Saban
55. “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.” – Nick Saban