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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.

Bear Bryant

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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
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First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.
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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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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.
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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
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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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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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There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
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Don't talk too much or too soon.
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There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.
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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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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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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.
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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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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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