I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
BEAR BRYANTI can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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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Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
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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 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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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You try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
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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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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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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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In life, you’ll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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