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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.

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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Discipline
Successful

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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 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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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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In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
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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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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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I've made so many mistakes that if I don't make the same mistakes over, we're going to come pretty close to winning.
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