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.
BEAR BRYANTThey say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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.
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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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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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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
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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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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 miracle man. I guarantee nothing but hard work.
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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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I’m no innovator. If anything I’m a stealer, or borrower. I’ve stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
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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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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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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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