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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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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 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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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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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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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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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 ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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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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Get the winners into the game.
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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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