Nick Saban Talks to Media Day Before Alabama Plays for National Championship

Again, I'd like to thank all the people in the Tournament of Roses for what has been a wonderful week for everyone in our organization. The weather has been great. The hospitality has been fantastic. The facilities that we've had to work with, whether it's the hotel, the practice area or whatever, has been very well taken care of, and everybody has an attitude to try to please you. And I think this is probably what makes the Rose Bowl very, very special.

I know somebody is going to ask me what do you do different to get ready for this game. So before you ask me, I'm going to ask you, what do you do different to cover the game?

Before I finish, I just wanted to put it in perspective for you so you could kind of understand that at this point you want to focus on execution. You want to make things simple for the players. It's a little bit like being in the batter's box before you've got to go up to the plate; two out in the bottom of the ninth and you've got to get a hit to win the game. What do you do? You go through the routine you always go through, which is what we're trying to accomplish with our players in terms of how we practiced yesterday, how we'll walk through today, the things that we'll do leading up to the game, make them as same and simple as we can, because the focus right now is on getting the best execution in the game. And I think those are the things that the players need to be able to focus on.

So from an injury standpoint, I know there were some concerns yesterday because I had a couple players who were sick. Those players are better today. Everybody will go through walk through. If they continue to improve, they should be able to participate in the game.

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