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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.

Bear Bryant

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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
Champions
Champion
Hell
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Here's a twenty, bury two.
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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.
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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 always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.
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My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter.
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In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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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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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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