I don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.
BEAR BRYANTIf you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
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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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If they don’t have a winning attitude, I don’t want them.
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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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Expect the unexpected.
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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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I’ll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.
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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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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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I told them my system was based on the “ant plan,” that I’d gotten the idea watching a colony of ants in Africa during the war. A whole bunch of ants working toward a common goal.
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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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Don’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
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All I know is, I don’t want to stop coaching, and I don’t want to stop winning, so we’re gonna break the record unless I die.
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Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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