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.
BEAR BRYANTI 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.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
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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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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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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’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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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.
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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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I’m no miracle man. I guarantee nothing but hard work.
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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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There is no substitute for guts.
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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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In my lifetime, I may have put too much emphasis on winning, because here I am an old man and the only fun I’ve had is winning, and that’s ridiculous.
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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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