I’m no genius, but I’m a damn good football coach.
BEAR BRYANTThere is no sin in not liking to play; it’s a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn’t want to.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Don’t tolerate lazy people. They are losers.
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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a lot alike.
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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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Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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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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Football changes and so do people.
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I don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.
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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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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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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’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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If they don’t have a winning attitude, I don’t want them.
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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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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.
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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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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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