They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
BEAR BRYANTShow class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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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Set goals – high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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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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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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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 fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you’ll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don’t have a plan. That’s why it’s easy to beat most folks.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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 ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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You try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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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 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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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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Football changes and so do people.
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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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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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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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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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