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 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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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right.
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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
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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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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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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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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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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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