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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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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
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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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You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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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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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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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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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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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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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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at the top, you don't have a cut dog's chance.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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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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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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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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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 don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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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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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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