Bear Bryant Quotes - Page 6

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• The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep.

  Bear Bryant

  Children, Kissing, Men

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• Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.

  Bear Bryant

  Lsu, Stadiums, Tigers

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• You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Running

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• I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Winning, Ideas

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.249, Triumph Books

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• I didn't care if we ever quit practicing. I loved it. The only other guy I ever knew who loved it as much was Jerry Duncan. He would beg to practice even when he was hurt. I've actually seen him cry because the trainer told him he couldn't scrimmage.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Hurt, Winning

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.8, Triumph Books

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• If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.

  Bear Bryant

  Believe, School, Kids

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• That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Winning, Games

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• Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Mistake

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• I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Thinking, Aggravation

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• I hope to get out before they start football next year.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Years, Next Year

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• Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Years, Guy

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• Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Giving Up

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• I've never recommended anybody go into coaching, 'cause if they have enough on the ball, if they can do without coaching, they should do without it. If they put as much work into it and
  spend as much time, the rewards are going to be much better in something else.

  Bear Bryant

  Coaching, Balls, Rewards

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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

  College, Play, Bars

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• It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Real, Player

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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.

  Bear Bryant

  Technology, Texas, Lost Ones

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• The summer day is closed, the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours, The latest of whose train goes softly out In the red west.

  Bear Bryant

  Summer, Twilight, Office

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• I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.

  Bear Bryant

  New York, Thinking, Dinner

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• I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Team, Winning

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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.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

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• Every time a player goes out there, at least 20 people have some amount of influence on him. His mother has more influence than anyone. I know because I played, and I loved my mama.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Mother, Winning

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• Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Winning, Player

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