They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
BEAR BRYANTThe price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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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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Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
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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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If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.
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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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I told them my system was based on the “ant plan,” that I’d gotten the idea watching a colony of ants in Africa during the war. A whole bunch of ants working toward a common goal.
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When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don’t repeat it.
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Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.
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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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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
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The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
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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’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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You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
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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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There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
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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.
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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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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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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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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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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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There is no substitute for guts.
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There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.
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Football changes and so do people.
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