“We kind of have a younger generation that doesn’t always get told no. They don’t get told this is exactly how you need to do it. They have an illusion that they all have choices but if you want to be good, you don’t have choices. The best way to learn is from the mistakes you make even though we all hate to see them have to make them,” Nick Saban

"Run hard when it gets hard to run. Everything starts with discipline. Practice until you can’t get it wrong - not just until you get it right. If you don’t respect it enough to do it right-when it’s the right way to do it, how can you be trusted in a game?" - Nick Saban

"I would rather lose than watch kids play the way some kids play. They are always thinking about themselves. Me..me..me...So recruiting kids that love life and love the game and have a tremendous appreciation for when their teammates do something well- that's hard -really hard."