VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. -- Alabama head coach Nick Saban and members of his Crimson Tide coaching staff were at Old Overton Country Club on Thursday for the 12th annual Nick’s Kids charity golf tournament. Saban spoke to reporters prior to the charity event.

Below is a full transcript of what the 12th-year head coach said Thursday morning.

“This is really a fun event for us. Miss Terry and I and a lot of people who do a lot of work, a lot of people who support Nick’s Kids, obviously. But we feel great about the things we’ve been able to do in the community. Seventeen houses over $7 million in the 10 or 11 years we’ve been doing this to over 100 kids groups. Building a school at the juvenile detention center now in Tuscaloosa. I mean it’s a lot of things that we’ve been able to do for the community, a lot of people support it. Obviously, it’s in honor of my father and what he tried to do to help young people, and something that we really, really enjoy doing. This is kind of our family legacy to try to do this. So, we appreciate y’all coming out covering it, but it’s something that’s really a fun day with a lot of great people.”

Question: Can you give us an update on Keith Holcombe?

NS: “I didn’t talk to him yet. I talked to him before. He wanted to continue to try to pursue his baseball career, so I haven’t talked to him since that. I think he could actually come back and play another of baseball if he chooses to do that. So, I will talk to him again, but when we had the last conversation, he was pretty much set on trying to play baseball.”

Q: So, it was the fuel pump?

Alabama LB Keith Holcombe

NS: “It was the fuel pump. It’s a brand-new boat, first time in it. But this is amazing that everybody I talked to -- friends in Michigan, people in California, everybody in the world -- thinks I ran out of gas. So, I thank you all for that. And I think the best one I got was I got a text from some players at the Naval Academy who had the largest battleship in the Navy. It says, ‘Coach, we’ve got your back. We’ll come pick you up anytime you need us.’”

Q: Talking about the social media aspect of it, you guys had some cameras there to promote that. What does that mean to you to provide some kind of insight into your life away from the field.?

NS: “Well, I just think that there’s some myths about Alabama football that we sort of fight all the time in recruiting. Things like it’s no fun, it’s all business, and that’s not true at all. I think Minkah (Fitzpatrick) said it best when he said, ‘I didn’t come to Alabama to have fun, but I had more fun there than any time in my life.’ So, I think we just try to show the other side, that our players do have a lot of fun, we have a lot of togetherness, a lot of camaraderie in what we do. Alabama’s a special place, and I think when you go there you find that out and you relate to it and people have a lot of pride in it. We’re just trying to show that side of the program a little bit more, but we’re still committed to the same things, in terms of helping players be more successful in life in having been involved in the program.”

Q: How comfortable are you of the depth at inside linebacker, assuming Keith doesn’t come back?

“I’m not comfortable at any position on our team relative to the depth that we have. I wish we had more depth, I wish we had more players, I wish more guys could contribute. But regardless of that circumstance, we will try to develop and create whatever we have to do to try to develop the depth at any position on our team. So, if it involves moving players, if it involves trying to enhance the development of younger players, then that’s what we’ll do.”

Q: Given the implications of the quarterback battle, in your relationship with both quarterbacks, how difficult will this decision be going down to the fall?

NS: “Well, it won’t be difficult at all because I think what we’re trying to do is give the guys an opportunity, and that’s the fair thing for both of them. And that’s really what our goal is. I think that both players, aight, need to know that they need to win the team, that’s what they need to do. And the best way for them to do that is stay focused on what they need to do, and I think anything that they do that brings attention to themselves probably erodes the opportunity for that to happen. So, I’d appreciate your help in just allowing that to happen, because it’s not going to happen any faster. You can’t make it happen faster. It’s going to be a process that we go through, and that’s the way it’s going to be.”

Q: What are some other things that are fun for you during the summer?

NS: “I like playing golf. I love the lake. I swim in the lake, take a bath in the lake every day. Everybody kills me over that. People don’t take baths in the lake. I try have Ivory soap so it floats, you know? Miss Terry doesn’t … but I like that.”

Alabama coach Nick Saban

Q: You’re not worried about snakes or anything?

NS: “Are you kidding me? I grew up in West Virginia. If you worry about snakes, you can’t do anything.”

Q: What about snapping turtles?

NS: “I don’t worry about them, either.”

Q: At SEC Spring Meetings, what was it like having Jimbo Fisher in the room?

NS: “No. We’ve always had a great relationship with Jimbo. He’s always been a really good friend, and I have a lot of professional respect for him. So, I mean I liked it. There were four guys in the room that are head coaches now that all were on our staff, and Jim McElwain would’ve been a fifth. So, it’s good to see those guys have opportunities, and I’m happy for them. Jimbo’s a great coach and he’ll do a great job there, and it’s good to have those kinds of people make our league better.”

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