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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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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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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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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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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
Bear Bryant
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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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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 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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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
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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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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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