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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.

Bear Bryant

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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
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Football Player
Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
Paul Bear Bryant
Paul William Bryant
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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 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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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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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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You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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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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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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I've made so many mistakes that if I don't make the same mistakes over, we're going to come pretty close to winning.
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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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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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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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