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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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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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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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There's no substitute for guts.
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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 you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat 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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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 wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.
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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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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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I've made so many mistakes that if I don't make the same mistakes over, we're going to come pretty close to winning.
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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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Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.
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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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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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