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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
Offense
Sells
Defense
Winning
Championships
Tickets
Wins
Championship

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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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If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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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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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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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
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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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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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I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
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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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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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'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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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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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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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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