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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
American Football Coach
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Military Officer
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Arkansas
Paul Bryant
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Paul William Bryant
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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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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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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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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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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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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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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
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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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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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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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Here's a twenty, bury two.
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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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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 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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There's no substitute for guts.
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I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running.
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