Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right.
BEAR BRYANTIt’s not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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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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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All I know is, I don’t want to stop coaching, and I don’t want to stop winning, so we’re gonna break the record unless I die.
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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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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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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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I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
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You try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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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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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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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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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
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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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A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
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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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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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I’ll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.
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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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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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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 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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