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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.

Bear Bryant

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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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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.
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You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
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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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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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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
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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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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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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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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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People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat.
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I don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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