I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
BEAR BRYANTThere’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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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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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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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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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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Don’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.
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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a lot alike.
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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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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If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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Expect the unexpected.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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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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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
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