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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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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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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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There is no sin in not liking to play it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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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 don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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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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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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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people 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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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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Here's a twenty, bury two.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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