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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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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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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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Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!
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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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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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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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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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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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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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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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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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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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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.
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First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.
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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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I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.
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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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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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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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