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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.

Bear Bryant

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

Lose Myself Sports Teaching
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Alone Fun Game Loss Myself Preparation Sports Study
There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
BEAR BRYANT

Difference Inspirational Willing
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Goal Ideas Myself Planning War
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Leadership Man Mistake Sin
There is no substitute for guts.
BEAR BRYANT

Courage One Liner
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Goodness Greatness Heart Leadership People Team
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Basketball Believe Leadership
It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
BEAR BRYANT

Imagination Kindness Reward
You try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
BEAR BRYANT

Ability Death Team 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.
BEAR BRYANT

Dedication Desire Enough Preparation Sports Win
Football changes and so do people.
BEAR BRYANT

Change People Sports
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Leadership Myself Thinking Young
I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
BEAR BRYANT

Ability Genius Myself
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
BEAR BRYANT

Advice Animal Hard Time Yourself
Don’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
BEAR BRYANT

Lose People Tolerance

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