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Don't talk too much or too soon.

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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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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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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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 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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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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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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!
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Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.
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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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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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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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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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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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Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.
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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 ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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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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