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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.

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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We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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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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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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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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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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I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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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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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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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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You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
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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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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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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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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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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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