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There's no substitute for guts.

Bear Bryant

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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
American Football Player
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Military Officer
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Arkansas
Paul Bryant
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Paul William Bryant
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You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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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Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.
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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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Get the winners into the game.
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My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter.
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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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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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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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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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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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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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