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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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Pray
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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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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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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!
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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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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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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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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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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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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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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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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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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 are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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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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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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