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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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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
American Football Player
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Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
Paul Bear Bryant
Paul William Bryant
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.
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I have had players who are good, and who know they are good I have had players who are bad and know they are bad I have had players who are good, but who don't know they are good I have had players who are bad, but who don't know they are bad. It is this last group that has won more games for me than the first three groups combined.
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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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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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Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!
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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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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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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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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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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
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When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.
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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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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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I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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