Don’t worry about making friends; don’t worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can’t hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can’t stand you.
BEAR BRYANTIf 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.
More Bear Bryant Quotes
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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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I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions.
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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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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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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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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, Tide, Roll!”
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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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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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It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.
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Don’t talk too much or too soon.
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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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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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Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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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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Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
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