Nick Saban Quotes

I don't think anybody wants to be mediocre.

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance.

I do think you can't be as good as the person next to you to play: you have to be better.

Any man who goes into anything in life and does it better than the average will have a successful life. If he does it worse than the average, his life will not be successful. And no business can exist in which success cannot be won on that basis.

Anytime you do anything, you want to know who was the best at it.

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

I'd always been a very competitive boy - I hated coming second.

I'm very competitive, and I want to be known to do well.

You always want to play with the best.

It's always good to be competitive.

It's always nice to be among the best teams but not everyone can do that.

I am very competitive, and I have always wanted to stand out and be the best, but I have always been like that.

Obviously, you want to do well. As a competitor you don't like not doing well.

I want to beat the best guys.

The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

Average is Your Enemy.

There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much.

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.

I'd rather win than be a showman.

I'm very competitive; it's not enough just to have a few number ones. I want to have 200.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.