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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
Defense
Winning
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Offense
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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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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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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Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.
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I don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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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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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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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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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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There is no sin in not liking to play it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.
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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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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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There is 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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