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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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Rest
Team
Sports
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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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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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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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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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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There's no substitute for guts.
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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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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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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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I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent.
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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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