In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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 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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I’m no innovator. If anything I’m a stealer, or borrower. I’ve stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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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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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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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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 not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
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Football changes and so do people.
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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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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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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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In life, you’ll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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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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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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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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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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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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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a lot alike.
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I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don’t get in it.
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A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won’t be happening.
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If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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