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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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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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The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep.
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Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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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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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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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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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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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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 ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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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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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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