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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
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Paul William Bryant
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You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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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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Get the winners into the game.
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I don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
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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'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.
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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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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 play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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