Be aware of “yes” men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget – people win.
BEAR BRYANTYou 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.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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The first time you quit, it’s hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don’t even have to think about it.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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 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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I’ll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.
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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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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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Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won’t do it unless my coaches tell me I’ve just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.
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In life, you’ll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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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.
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I can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
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