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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.
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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You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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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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Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.
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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
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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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Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.
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If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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