A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
BEAR BRYANTMost coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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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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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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You try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
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Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you’ll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don’t have a plan. That’s why it’s easy to beat most folks.
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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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Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
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