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.
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 ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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I’m no miracle man. I guarantee nothing but hard work.
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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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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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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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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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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
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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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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it’s my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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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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