There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
BEAR BRYANTThe first time you quit, it’s hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don’t even have to think about it.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they’ve got one heartbeat. Then you’ve got yourself a team.
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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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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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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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Football changes and so do people.
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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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Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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I didn’t have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn’t want to. But I didn’t think they’d pick one I didn’t like.
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Don’t worry about making friends; don’t worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can’t hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can’t stand you.
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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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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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If they don’t have a winning attitude, I don’t want them.
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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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It’s not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
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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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