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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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Get the winners into the game.
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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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I have had players who are good, and who know they are good I have had players who are bad and know they are bad I have had players who are good, but who don't know they are good I have had players who are bad, but who don't know they are bad. It is this last group that has won more games for me than the first three groups combined.
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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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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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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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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I don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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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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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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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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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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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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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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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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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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