I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
BEAR BRYANTWhen you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
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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 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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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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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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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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Don’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
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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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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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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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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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