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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.
Bear Bryant
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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
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Arkansas
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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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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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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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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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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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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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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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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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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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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 not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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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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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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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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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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.
Bear Bryant
