Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
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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I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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Expect the unexpected.
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I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
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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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I’d like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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Set goals – high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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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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I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don’t get in it.
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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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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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I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
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