If they don’t have a winning attitude, I don’t want them.
BEAR BRYANTIf you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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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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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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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I’ve made so many mistakes that if I don’t make the same mistakes over, we’re going to come pretty close to winning.
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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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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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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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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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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.
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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 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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You try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
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If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It’s in my blood.
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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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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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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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