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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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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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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
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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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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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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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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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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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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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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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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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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 ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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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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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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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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