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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
American Football Player
Football Player
Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
Paul Bear Bryant
Paul William Bryant
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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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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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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.
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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 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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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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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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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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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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First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.
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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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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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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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