Nick Saban Quotes

We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.

If you ask any referee before the game - they ask me if I have anything to say, I tell them 'I'm going straight up.' Every time. Every game. And they know that and they say I'm one of the best at it.

When I wrestled in College, my team was very good.

Misdeeds of a few players and certain people cannot and should not bring bad name to hundreds of players who participated in the I.P.L. with full honesty. The reputation of the I.P.L. cannot be tarnished by a few greedy individuals.

You as an individual coach have a responsibility to try to give those players who put themselves at risk and in harm's way a chance to achieve success, and that goes for universities and professional teams, as well.

I don't think there's been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.

I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.

My job is to protect the integrity of the NFL and to make sure the game is as safe as possible.

I myself am frustrated in just where sports are at. It's a hard thing when you're out there working every day, and you know that someone else is cheating and they may not necessarily get caught.

When Frank Broyles coached at Arkansas, he used to have a golf tournament each year for all the Southwest Conference coaches.

The integrity of the game is everything.

I don't make a big deal out of playing football at UGA to people who have interviewed me.

It's interesting too, that the coach of that Georgia Tech team who led his valiant warriors to those 222 points was none other than John Heisman. Yes, he whom the Heisman trophy is named for, an award that honors that college player who best exemplifies excellence and integrity.

Since 2000, it's been a privilege and honor for me to be on the competition committee. And our main focus... is player safety.

If the rules aren't going to protect the integrity of the game, then they're wrong.

If a coach isn't honest, players rumble him.

I have never intentionally provided false and misleading information to the NCAA.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

I'm not a dirty player.

Any way that I can help the Harvard football program and Harvard is great.

Whenever you play the game, you just want the game to be on the up and up. You don't want to ever lose a game because you felt like it was stolen from you.

Ask a receiver, can we take his gloves off because he's catching the ball too well? Nobody is going to be overly happy about that.

I've been in rivalries. Utah-BYU. Bowling Green-Toledo. Florida, we had three: Florida State, Tennessee and Georgia. You make them personal, but they're not. I didn't grow up disliking Georgia.

I have been in many battles with great players, and not once have I ever tried to do anything dirty as far as taking a player out of a game.