Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don’t forget them when they leave.
BEAR BRYANTYou try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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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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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
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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.
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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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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A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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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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