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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

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 a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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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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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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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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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
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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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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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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.
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I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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