You try to make your team do something they’re not capable of and you get murdered.
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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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
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It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable
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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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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 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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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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 know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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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 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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a lot alike.
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