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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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Opponents
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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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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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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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Nearly every coach I've talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don't know if that's right.
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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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I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
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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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If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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 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 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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I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.
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I'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.
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