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

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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
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Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
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Paul William Bryant
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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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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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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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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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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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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.
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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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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.
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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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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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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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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