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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
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Military Officer
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Arkansas
Paul Bryant
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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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I've made so many mistakes that if I don't make the same mistakes over, we're going to come pretty close to winning.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat.
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Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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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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Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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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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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.
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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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Three rules for coaching: 1.) Surround yourself with people who can't live without football. 2.) Recognize winners. They come in all forms. 3.) Have a plan for everything.
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Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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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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