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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
Football
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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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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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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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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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My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter.
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Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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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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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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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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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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