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Bear Bryant Inspirational Quotes (87)

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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat.
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Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.
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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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I don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.
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You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.
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I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.
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The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep.
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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.
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I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.
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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
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