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.
BEAR BRYANTRecruiting 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.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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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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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
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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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Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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If they don’t have a winning attitude, I don’t want them.
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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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A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
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You’re still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don’t have genuine desire, you won’t be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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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.
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