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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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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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Basketball

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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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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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