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You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.

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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If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.
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Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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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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I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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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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When I was a young coach I used to say, Treat everybody alike. That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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 you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
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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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Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
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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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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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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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