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There's no substitute for guts.

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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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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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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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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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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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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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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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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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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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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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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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