Live Updates | Nick Saban Media Availability: Wednesday, August 9

Saban meets with reporters after Wednesday's fall camp practice.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Fall camp keeps rolling on.

The Alabama Crimson Tide is 24 days away from its season-opener against Middle Tennessee State at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 2.

"Obviously, the No. 1 purpose of fall camp practice is to create good habits," Saban said on Sunday. "Obviously bad habits have a cost. Good habits have a price, but you've got to pay the price for these good habits up front, which is obviously what you do when fall camp comes along. This is a time when you have to sort of embrace the grind. We've got some players who have been blessed with talent, but it only comes to fruition if you can embrace the grind and can't view the circumstances not as an obstacle but an opportunity to focus in difficult circumstances and difficult situations so that this will be an advantage to you to be able to sustain, you know, in the future."

"I think the acclimation process that we go through right now for players is probably a real positive, you know, for the players. Couple of days in helmets, a couple of days in shells and then you put pads on. So it's good transition for players. I think it's been good practice for us so far. I see progress in every practice. There's obviously a lot of areas that we need to improve on."

Saban will meet with reporters again on Wednesday evening at approximately 4:45 p.m. CT.

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