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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.

Bear Bryant

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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Leadership Learning Man Team Togetherness Yourself
Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
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Believe Discipline Forget Leadership Leaving Sacrifice Teaching
Expect the unexpected.
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Expectation One Liner Preparation
Don’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.
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Advice Believe Game Leadership Talk
There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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Dream Inspirational Leadership Motivational Success
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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Goal Ideas Myself Planning War
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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Leadership Man Mistake Sin
If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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Inspirational Motivational Sports Success
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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Death Myself Sports Stop Win
I ain’t never had much fun. I ain’t never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.
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Alone Fun Game Loss Myself Preparation Sports Study
In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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Believe Hide Sports Yourself
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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Fun Inspirational Life Men Myself Old Win
Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won’t do it unless my coaches tell me I’ve just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.
BEAR BRYANT

Hate Kind Men Myself Young
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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Innovation Leadership Myself People Yourself
If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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Ein Pay Play Price Worth
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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Basketball Believe Leadership
Don’t worry about making friends; don’t worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can’t hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can’t stand you.
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Enemy Friendship Hurt Support Win Worry Yourself
Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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Desire Game Greatness Sports Win
It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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Imagination Kindness Reward
Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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Give Up Hard Time Inspirational Yourself
Be aware of “yes” men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget – people win.
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Believe Forget Leadership Lose Man People Sports Win
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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Bad Game Leadership Myself People Sacrifice Success Yourself
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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Advice Animal Hard Time Yourself
Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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Believe Encouragement Fight Leadership Lose Myself Quit
There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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Ability Man Talk
Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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Form Recognition Win
If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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Discipline Success Yourself

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