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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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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
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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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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
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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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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at the top, you don't have a cut dog's chance.
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Three rules for coaching: 1.) Surround yourself with people who can't live without football. 2.) Recognize winners. They come in all forms. 3.) Have a plan for everything.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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I'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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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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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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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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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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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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Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.
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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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