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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
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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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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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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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I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.
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The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.
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First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.
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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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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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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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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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We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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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 have had players who are good, and who know they are good I have had players who are bad and know they are bad I have had players who are good, but who don't know they are good I have had players who are bad, but who don't know they are bad. It is this last group that has won more games for me than the first three groups combined.
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