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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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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More quotes by Bear Bryant
I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.
Bear Bryant
It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!
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Get the winners into the game.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
Bear Bryant
I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
Bear Bryant
You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
Bear Bryant
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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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
Bear Bryant
It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
Bear Bryant
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.
Bear Bryant
No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
Bear Bryant
Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
Bear Bryant
I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.
Bear Bryant
I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
Bear Bryant
In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
Bear Bryant
You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
Bear Bryant
