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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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Wanting
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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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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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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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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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There is 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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I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running.
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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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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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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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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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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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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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