I can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
BEAR BRYANTIf 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.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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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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In life, you’ll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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Don’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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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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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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I’d like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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Expect the unexpected.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
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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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Be aware of “yes” men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget – people win.
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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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Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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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 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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