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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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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
American Football Player
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Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
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Paul William Bryant
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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 learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.
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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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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 is no substitute for guts.
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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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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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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Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.
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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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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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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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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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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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