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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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Paul William Bryant
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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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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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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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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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Get the winners into the game.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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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 always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.
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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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