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 BRYANTA good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right.
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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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I’d like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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It’s not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
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If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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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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Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
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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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I don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.
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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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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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Set goals – high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
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