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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.

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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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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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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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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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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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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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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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But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at the top, you don't have a cut dog's chance.
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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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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.
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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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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'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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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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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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If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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