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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.

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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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Three rules for coaching: 1.) Surround yourself with people who can't live without football. 2.) Recognize winners. They come in all forms. 3.) Have a plan for everything.
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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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I don't have any ideas my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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There's no substitute for guts.
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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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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
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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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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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If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.
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People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat.
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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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