Alabama's head coach, Nick Saban, expressed his pride in the team's performance and emphasized their ability to win against any opponent. He highlighted the team's progress throughout the season and their victory over the No. 1 team in the country. Saban's postgame locker room speech consisted of one word: 'Celebrate,' which he followed with a dance, despite feeling exhausted. The team's achievement in winning the SEC and defeating the 2-time defending champs was acknowledged by Saban and players as a significant accomplishment.
Here's everything Nick Saban and Alabama players said after beating No. 1 Georgia in the SEC title game "We wanted to show people what we could accomplish and what we could do. There wasn't a better stage to do it." https://t.co/osU1NMh5YZ https://t.co/mskHQPim7k
Nick Saban had one word for his team in his post-SEC Championship speech in the locker room. "Celebrate." I don't know what Alabama's Playoff future is, but I do know that what the Tide did to the 2-time defending champs is worthy of just that: https://t.co/HeAFAUY0RG
Alabama’s Nick Saban said that after the game his speech was one word: “Celebrate.” Then he did a dance. Asked later whether we could see the dance, Saban dodges. Asked again, he crossed his arms, leaned back and said “No.”
Saban said he only had enough for a one-word postgame locker room speech. “Celebrate,” he said while noting he had just enough energy to “to do the dance.”
Saban: “You know how tired I am right now? I’m happy as hell we won. My speech in the locker room was one word: Celebrate. And I had just enough in the tank to do a dance.”
Saban: "You know how tired I am right now? I'm happy as hell we won. My speech in the locker room after the game was one word: celebrate. I just enough left in me to do the dance. Just enough."
Nick Saban said his speech in the locker room after the game was one word. "Celebrate."
Nick Saban: "I know you're gonna ask me, so I might as well get to it. We won the SEC. We beat the No. 1 team in the country."
Nick Saban: "I couldn't be prouder of a bunch of guys, compared to where we were the second or third week of the season."
Nick Saban: "They showed today and proved they could win against anybody."
Nick Saban on the stage for the championship presentation with his players behind him: "This is a team. These guys right here are what you call a team."