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.
BEAR BRYANTIn life, you’ll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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 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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I’m no innovator. If anything I’m a stealer, or borrower. I’ve stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
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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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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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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.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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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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All I know is, I don’t want to stop coaching, and I don’t want to stop winning, so we’re gonna break the record unless I die.
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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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 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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