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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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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Player
Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
Paul Bear Bryant
Paul William Bryant
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Champions
Champion
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Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running.
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But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.
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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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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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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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I have had players who are good, and who know they are good I have had players who are bad and know they are bad I have had players who are good, but who don't know they are good I have had players who are bad, but who don't know they are bad. It is this last group that has won more games for me than the first three groups combined.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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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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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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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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Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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There's no substitute for guts.
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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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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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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 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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