I don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.
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.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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I’ll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.
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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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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
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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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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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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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I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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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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Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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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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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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I’d like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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