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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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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
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Arkansas
Paul Bryant
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