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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.
Bear Bryant
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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
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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 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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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.
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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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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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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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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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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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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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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.
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I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
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