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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.

Bear Bryant

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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
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If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.
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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 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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