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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.

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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Preparation
Price
Worth
Playing
Winning

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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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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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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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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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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's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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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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There's no substitute for guts.
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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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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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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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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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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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