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When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.

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
Everybody
Winning
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Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!
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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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Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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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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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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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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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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It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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There is no substitute for guts.
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I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.
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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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