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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
American Football Player
Football Player
Military Officer
Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
Paul Bear Bryant
Paul William Bryant
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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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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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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter.
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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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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 you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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There's no substitute for guts.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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