Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
BEAR BRYANTFootball changes and so do people.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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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 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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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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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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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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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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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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
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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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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 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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