When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
BEAR BRYANTIf it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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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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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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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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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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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
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A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
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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 can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
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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 are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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