If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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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I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don’t get in it.
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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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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.
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If they don’t have a winning attitude, I don’t want them.
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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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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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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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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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
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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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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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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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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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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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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’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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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.
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Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
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Be aware of “yes” men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget – people win.
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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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