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.
BEAR BRYANTIn 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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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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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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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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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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I don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.
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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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Don’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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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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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’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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Don’t worry about making friends; don’t worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can’t hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can’t stand you.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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