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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
Bear Bryant
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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
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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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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
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I have had players who are good, and who know they are good I have had players who are bad and know they are bad I have had players who are good, but who don't know they are good I have had players who are bad, but who don't know they are bad. It is this last group that has won more games for me than the first three groups combined.
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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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You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
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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 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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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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You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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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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I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running.
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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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Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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