Quotes from Nick Saban

If you get word that a co-worker is saying things about you behind your back, confront him or her on it. If an evaluation of your work is false and biased, challenge it. Doing nothing will only worsen the damage. Understand that you can't control everything, so pick your spots and stand up for what you know and believe is right. Communicate when there is a miscommunication.

It's sometimes difficult for employees to respect individual differences in their coworkers. Often I remind our various staff groups that we treat everyone fairly and honestly—but we don't treat them all the same.

There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.

Lesson 2. Great leaders allow the team to take ownership of the rules.

In your business and personal life, think of those who are dominant. What do they all have in common? Do you have it in you to be like them?

Talent is putting skills into productive use.

Education does not promise success, but makes it easier.

Paranoia over being cheated out of one's rightful share. Along with feeling that they are not appreciated, these individuals are routinely concerned about who gets credit and who gets blame. No credit given to them is ever enough, and too much offered to a teammate is flat-out wrong. They are concerned not with the team's success, but with whether they are going to get credit for any success.

Do the right thing. It's that simple. Do the right thing when the right thing is not popular. Do the right thing when no one else is around. Do the right thing when temptation tells you otherwise. Do the right thing all the time.