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.
BEAR BRYANTIt’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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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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A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
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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’re still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don’t have genuine desire, you won’t be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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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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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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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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You try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
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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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