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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.

Bear Bryant

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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Ability Goodness Help Leadership Myself Pay People Price Recognize Winner
There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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Dream Inspirational Leadership Motivational Success
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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Leadership Myself Thinking Young
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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Easy Failure People Planning Success
I can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
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Ability Himself Reach Sports
I told them my system was based on the “ant plan,” that I’d gotten the idea watching a colony of ants in Africa during the war. A whole bunch of ants working toward a common goal.
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Goal Ideas Myself Planning War
Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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Give Up Inspirational Sports Time Win
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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Encouragement Game Leadership Lose Win
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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Myself Oneself Sports Thinking
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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Care Character Inspirational Motivational Pride Success Win
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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Bad Game Leadership Myself People Sacrifice Success Yourself
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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Believe Encouragement Leadership
A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won’t be happening.
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Hard Time Myself People Sports
The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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Expectation God Self Love Yourself
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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Dedication Desire Enough Preparation Sports Win
Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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Desire Game Greatness Sports Win

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