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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.

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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
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Arkansas
Paul Bryant
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Paul William Bryant
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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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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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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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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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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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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.
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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'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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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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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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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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