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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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I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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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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Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.
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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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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 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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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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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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
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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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