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.
BEAR BRYANTI’d like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Don’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.
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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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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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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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There is no sin in not liking to play; it’s a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn’t want to.
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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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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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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 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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