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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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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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Get the winners into the game.
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Here's a twenty, bury two.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.
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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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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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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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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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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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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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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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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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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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It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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