A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
BEAR BRYANTI’ve made so many mistakes that if I don’t make the same mistakes over, we’re going to come pretty close to winning.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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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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 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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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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If 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.
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I can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
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Don’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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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 never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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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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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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