When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
BEAR BRYANTI make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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I’ll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.
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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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I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
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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 you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
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I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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I can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
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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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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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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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I’ve made so many mistakes that if I don’t make the same mistakes over, we’re going to come pretty close to winning.
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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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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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