A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
BEAR BRYANTA champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
BEAR BRYANTShow class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
BEAR BRYANTIf you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
BEAR BRYANTI 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.
BEAR BRYANTIf you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
BEAR BRYANTI don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.
BEAR BRYANTFootball games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
BEAR BRYANTI make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
BEAR BRYANTWhen 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 BRYANTThey say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
BEAR BRYANTHave a plan. Follow the plan, and you’ll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don’t have a plan. That’s why it’s easy to beat most folks.
BEAR BRYANTWhen you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
BEAR BRYANTYou try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
BEAR BRYANTYou never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
BEAR BRYANTDon’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
BEAR BRYANTDon’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
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