I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
BEAR BRYANTThere’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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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Don’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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If they don’t have a winning attitude, I don’t want them.
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I don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.
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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
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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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Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
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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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