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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
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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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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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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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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 didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.
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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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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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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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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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Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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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'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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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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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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