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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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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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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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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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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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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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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 a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!
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When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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