Nick Saban briefly considered leaving Alabama for ESPN in 2014, new book claims
"If he wasn’t interested, he never would have done it in the first place."
"If he wasn’t interested, he never would have done it in the first place."
"One guy is a known felon. He was convicted of murder at a very young age. I jokingly said to the next (caller) 'Don’t tell me you served time in prison too.' He said 'Absolutely.'"
"You guys gave us a lot of really positive rat poison. The rat poison that you usually give us is usually fatal. But the rat poison that you put out there this week was yummy."
"Do I finally get to meet the boss?"
It was really more of a toss, upon review.
Battle went in an unconventional direction when asked what Saban sayings stand out to him.
"So I'm not the only one who gets that way."
Premiering Dec. 10 on HBO, Belichick and Saban: The Art of Coaching will cover those coaches' almost four-decade-long friendship.
"This is one of those headset things where you break your headsets, right?"
Saban allowed ESPN to film an all-access series at training camp this year after years of turning those requests down, and also quickly apologized to ESPN's Maria Taylor after being rude during an interview.
Why Saban felt the need to get so defensive in the first place remains a mystery.
"Alright, so why do you continue to try and get me to say something that doesn't respect one of them? I'm not going to, so quit asking."