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"I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like."
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"There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic."
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"I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me."
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"My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing."
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"When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me."
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"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate."
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"A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you."
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"I knew that when I resigned from the University of Texas that I would never coach again."
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"I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame."
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"I criticize a lot of players and coaches. But I back it up with facts. A lot of times guys get mad at me because someone told them what I said. I say, 'You're wrong: Go check the tape.'"
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"I started out wanting to coach football."
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"I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that."
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"Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those."
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"I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else."
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"I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either."
Time
"I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions."
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"Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all."
Time
"Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right."
People
"I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens."
Career
"I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be."
Fun
"If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach."
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