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There is no substitute for guts.

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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If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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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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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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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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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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Get the winners into the game.
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You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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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 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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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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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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I've made so many mistakes that if I don't make the same mistakes over, we're going to come pretty close to winning.
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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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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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