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.
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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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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In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.
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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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In life, you’ll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
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If you don’t have discipline, you can’t have a successful program.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right.
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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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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 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 it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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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 never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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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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Expect the unexpected.
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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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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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If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.
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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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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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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 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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I’ve made so many mistakes that if I don’t make the same mistakes over, we’re going to come pretty close to winning.
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