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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.

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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Offense
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Defense
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I'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.
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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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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 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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Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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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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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 you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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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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There's no substitute for guts.
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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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I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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 ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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