The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
BEAR BRYANTYou’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.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
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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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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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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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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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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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Don’t worry about making friends; don’t worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can’t hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can’t stand you.
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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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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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If they don’t have a winning attitude, I don’t want them.
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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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Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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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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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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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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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That’s all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
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I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
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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.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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