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.
BEAR BRYANTI don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
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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 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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You 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.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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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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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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Don’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.
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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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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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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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People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don’t share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat.
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Expect the unexpected.
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If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a lot alike.
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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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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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