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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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Defense
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Offense
More quotes by Bear Bryant
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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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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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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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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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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I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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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.
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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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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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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
Bear Bryant
My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter.
Bear Bryant
Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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