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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.

Bear Bryant

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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Player
Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
Paul Bear Bryant
Paul William Bryant
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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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There's no substitute for guts.
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Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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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 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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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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Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.
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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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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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