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There is no substitute for guts.

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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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Get the winners into the game.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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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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 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 don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.
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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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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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Here's a twenty, bury two.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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