I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
BEAR BRYANTThere is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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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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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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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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Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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The 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.
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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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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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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 a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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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Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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