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.
BEAR BRYANTIn 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.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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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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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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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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It’s not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you’ll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don’t have a plan. That’s why it’s easy to beat most folks.
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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
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