The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
BEAR BRYANTMama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a lot alike.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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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 no substitute for guts.
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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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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don’t share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat.
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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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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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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.
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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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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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Have 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.
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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.
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