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Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.
Bear Bryant
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Bear Bryant
Age: 69 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 11
Died: 1983
Died: January 26
American Football Coach
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Fordyce
Arkansas
Paul Bryant
Paul Bear Bryant
Paul William Bryant
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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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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.
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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
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If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.
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Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
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Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
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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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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows it's what his players know that counts.
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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.
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There's no substitute for guts.
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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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