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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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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 must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
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Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.
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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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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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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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I don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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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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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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There is no sin in not liking to play it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.
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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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There's no substitute for guts.
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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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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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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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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