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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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Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
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Paul William Bryant
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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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I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running.
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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'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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