In life, you’ll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
BEAR BRYANTSacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
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When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don’t repeat it.
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
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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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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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Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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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’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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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Football changes and so do people.
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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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