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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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Motivational
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Strengths
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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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're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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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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You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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 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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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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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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Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.
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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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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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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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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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