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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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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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Nba
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Self
Basketball
Work
Sacrifice
Believe
Discipline
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Leadership
Boys
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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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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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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 they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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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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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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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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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I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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