In life, you’ll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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 give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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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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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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Don’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
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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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You’re still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don’t have genuine desire, you won’t be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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