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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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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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Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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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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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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There's no substitute for guts.
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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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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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 didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.
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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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There is no sin in not liking to play it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.
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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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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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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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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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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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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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