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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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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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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.
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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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You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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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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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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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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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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