Bear Bryant Quotes - Page 3

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• Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

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

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  Successful, Discipline, Alabama Football

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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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  Leadership, Encouraging, Believe

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• But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.

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  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.76, Triumph Books

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• If you want to coach you have three rules to follow to win. One, surround yourself with people who can't live without football. I've had a lot of them. Two, be able to recognize winners. They come in all forms. And, three, have a plan for everything. A plan for practice, a plan for the game. A plan for being ahead, and a plan for being behind 20-0 at half, with your quarterback hurt and the phones dead, with it raining cats and dogs and no rain gear because the equipment man left it at home.

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  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

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• There is no substitute for guts.

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  Nfl, Substitutes, Guts

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• If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.

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  Winning, Preparation, Ifs

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• Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right

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  Sports, Winning, Study

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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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  Sports, Winning, Dedication

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• Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won't do it unless my coaches tell me I've just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.

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  Hate, Men, Kind

  "Football's Supercoach" by B.J. Phillips, content.time.com. Septemebr 29, 1980.

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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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  Coaching, Bulls, Used

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.235, Triumph Books

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• At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships.

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  Team, Winning, Player

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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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  Sports, Football, Fun

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• Find your own picture, your own self in anything that goes bad. It's awfully easy to mouth off at your staff or chew out players, but if it's bad, and your the head coach, you're responsible. If we have an intercepted pass, I threw it. I'm the head coach. If we get a punt blocked, I caused it. A bad practice, a bad game, it's up to the head coach to assume his responsibility.

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  Wrestling, Responsibility, Player

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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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  Leadership, Basketball, Wrestling

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• Be aware of "yes" men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.

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  Leadership, Sports, Believe

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• I ain't never been nothin but a winner.

  Bear Bryant

  Alabama Football, Winner

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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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  Encouraging, Sports, Winning

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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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  Champion, Alabama Football, Hell

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• I don't hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they're not brighter than I am, I don't need them.

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  Football, College, Needs

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• A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won't be happening.

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  Sports, Hard Times, Winning

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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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  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

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• The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be.

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  Leadership, Basketball, Mistake

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.238, Triumph Books

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• Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

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  Softball, Sports, Football

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• There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.

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  Sports, Boys, Use

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.246, Triumph Books

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