Nick Saban Quotes

The bottom line is that it's the NFL, and there's going to be competition wherever you go. That's the way I look at it. I've had competition in high school. I've had competition in college, and that's part of the game. That's part of how you improve as a quarterback.

Football is what I know, it is what I love, it is what I have worked my whole career at, and I thrive on every element that goes into building a winning football team.

Football, we pretty much control what we do and how we react, and there are two days we couldn't, on the draft and on the selection for the Hall of Fame.

Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.

I look at the NFL and see how the transition has gone at quarterback. I might be coming along at a good time. For me personally, this is about doing the same thing I've been doing at USF - just smile, have fun, enjoy the experience, keep a positive attitude and encourage my teammates. I like to feed off the people around me.

Sports is such a cyclical thing; it's often feast or famine. But what you try and do as an owner is build a winning organization.

My life's pretty simple. Look at hours and hours of film to try to find some things that will work on Saturday. Try to have a good practice every day. Use the offseason to recruit and build the culture of the locker room. That's my deal.

My job is to go out there and play football. My job is to go out there and win football games.

On its surface, the HBO documentary series 'Hard Knocks,' about the New York Jets' training camp, resembles another HBO series, 'The Sopranos.' Both star the stout patriarch of a New Jersey 'family' preoccupied with food, intimidation, and florid profanity.

All the managers in the world are here to win games.

I believe the NFL is a land of opportunity. As soon as you figure out you can find your little niche, you can find your role on an offense, in my position at receiver, I feel like you can develop an identity and go from there.

I think I bring a good perspective because I did a lot of things in the NFL - player, head coach, assistant and scout.

I've been in just about every situation as a player and coach and manager. I've been in the playoffs, World Series, and I know how to get there.

My goal is to be the best quarterback I can be for the Colts, and hope that it's good enough.

I would have loved to have played for Joe Gibbs. Look at his record of winning three Super Bowls.

Of course managers win ball games.

It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club.

Football players win football games.

At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.

I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.

I enjoy playing for the Arizona Cardinals, and I want to continue to play here and try to win.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

I am not now, nor will I ever be, a candidate for offensive coordinator of Iowa.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

Football always changes. There are always new players coming in at your club or young players coming through with your club or England. You have to be ready, given 100%, improve, and get better.