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.
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 win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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Expect the unexpected.
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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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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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You’re still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don’t have genuine desire, you won’t be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
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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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I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
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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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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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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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I can reach a kid who doesn’t have any ability as long as he doesn’t know it.
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