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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.
Bear Bryant
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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
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Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
Paul Bear Bryant
Paul William Bryant
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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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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Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.
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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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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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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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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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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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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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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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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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'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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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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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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