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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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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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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
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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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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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When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.
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Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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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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Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.
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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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