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.
BEAR BRYANTI 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.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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Football changes and so do people.
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Set goals – high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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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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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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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.
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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing 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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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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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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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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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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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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