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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
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Paul William Bryant
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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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I'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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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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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 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'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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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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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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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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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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