Don’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
BEAR BRYANTIf anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That’s all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
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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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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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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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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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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 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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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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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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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I’ve made so many mistakes that if I don’t make the same mistakes over, we’re going to come pretty close to winning.
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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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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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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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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it’s my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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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 you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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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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In my lifetime, I may have put too much emphasis on winning, because here I am an old man and the only fun I’ve had is winning, and that’s ridiculous.
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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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