They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
BEAR BRYANTIf anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That’s all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won’t do it unless my coaches tell me I’ve just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.
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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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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 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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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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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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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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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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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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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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