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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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In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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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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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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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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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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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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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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I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.
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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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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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Here's a twenty, bury two.
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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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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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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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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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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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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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