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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.

Bear Bryant

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
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Leadership Man Mistake Sin
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Goal Ideas Myself Planning War
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Easy Failure People Planning Success
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Believe Easy Motivational Quit Sports Thinking Time Yourself
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Goodness Greatness Heart Leadership People Team
If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
BEAR BRYANT

Heaven Walk Yourself
It’s not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
BEAR BRYANT

Inspirational Preparation Sports Willing Win
You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
BEAR BRYANT

Game Motivational Strength Weakness Win Yourself
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.
BEAR BRYANT

Leadership Learning Man Team Togetherness Yourself
Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
BEAR BRYANT

Difference Leadership Motivational Perfection Preparation Sports Win
I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
BEAR BRYANT

Ability Genius Myself
In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
BEAR BRYANT

Believe Hide Sports Yourself
Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
BEAR BRYANT

Believe Discipline Forget Leadership Leaving Sacrifice Teaching
There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
BEAR BRYANT

Difference Inspirational Willing
I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
BEAR BRYANT

End Hell Myself Winn

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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