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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
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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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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.
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I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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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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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 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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There's no substitute for guts.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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