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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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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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Fort
Forts
Cover
Storm
Defense
Leadership

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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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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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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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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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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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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'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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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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Be aware of yes men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.
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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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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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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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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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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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If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.
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