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.
BEAR BRYANTIf you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Don’t give up. Reach down inside of you and you’ll find something left.
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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 a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it’s my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.
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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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There is no substitute for guts.
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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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No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it’s what his players know that counts.
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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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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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Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a lot alike.
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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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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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It’s not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.
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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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They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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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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When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover – you can’t do both.
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