I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
BEAR BRYANTIf you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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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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I’m no miracle man. I guarantee nothing but hard work.
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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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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 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’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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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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I can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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I’d like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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Be aware of “yes” men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget – people win.
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