Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
BEAR BRYANTFootball changes and so do people.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don’t repeat it.
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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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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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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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Football changes and so do people.
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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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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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I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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 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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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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Don’t worry about making friends; don’t worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can’t hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can’t stand you.
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Don’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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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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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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I’ve made so many mistakes that if I don’t make the same mistakes over, we’re going to come pretty close to winning.
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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.
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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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