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.
BEAR BRYANTRecognize winners. They come in all forms.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
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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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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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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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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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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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Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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All I know is, I don’t want to stop coaching, and I don’t want to stop winning, so we’re gonna break the record unless I die.
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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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