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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.

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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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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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Three rules for coaching: 1.) Surround yourself with people who can't live without football. 2.) Recognize winners. They come in all forms. 3.) Have a plan for everything.
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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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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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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'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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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.
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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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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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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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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 ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.
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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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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 didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.
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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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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Get the winners into the game.
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