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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
Football Player
Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
Paul Bear Bryant
Paul William Bryant
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Boys
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Nba
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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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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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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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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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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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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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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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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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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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at the top, you don't have a cut dog's chance.
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