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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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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
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Get the winners into the game.
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Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.
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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 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 don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!
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If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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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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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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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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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 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 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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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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I've made so many mistakes that if I don't make the same mistakes over, we're going to come pretty close to winning.
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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There is no sin in not liking to play it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.
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