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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.

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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Winner
Never

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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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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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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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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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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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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
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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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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 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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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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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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You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.
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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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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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