A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
BEAR BRYANTDon’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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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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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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
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Don’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
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Don’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.
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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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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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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a lot alike.
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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 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 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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