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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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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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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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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.
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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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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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Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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