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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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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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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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People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat.
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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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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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