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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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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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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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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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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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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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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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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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I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
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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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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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There's no substitute for guts.
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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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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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Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.
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I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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