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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.

Bear Bryant

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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
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Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
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Paul William Bryant
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Here's a twenty, bury two.
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Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.
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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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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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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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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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The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep.
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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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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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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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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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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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There's no substitute for guts.
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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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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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 always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.
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