Bear Bryant Quotes - Page 3

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• There is no substitute for guts.

  Bear Bryant

  Nfl, Substitutes, Guts

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• I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have a genuine desire for team victory, you will become the national champions. If you have all the above, you will acquire confidence and poise, and you will have those intangibles that win the close ones.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Encouraging, Team

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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.

  Bear Bryant

  Wall, Believe, Nfl

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• When I was a young coach I used to say, "Treat everybody alike." That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.

  Bear Bryant

  Coaching, Bulls, Used

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.235, Triumph Books

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• If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.

  Bear Bryant

  Winning, Preparation, Ifs

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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.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Football

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• You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Winning, Dedication

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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

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Winning, Study

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• At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships.

  Bear Bryant

  Team, Winning, Player

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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.

  Bear Bryant

  Hate, Men, Kind

  "Football's Supercoach" by B.J. Phillips, content.time.com. Septemebr 29, 1980.

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• If you want to coach you have three rules to follow to win. One, surround yourself with people who can't live without football. I've had a lot of them. Two, be able to recognize winners. They come in all forms. And, three, have a plan for everything. A plan for practice, a plan for the game. A plan for being ahead, and a plan for being behind 20-0 at half, with your quarterback hurt and the phones dead, with it raining cats and dogs and no rain gear because the equipment man left it at home.

  Bear Bryant

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

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• I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Football, Fun

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• If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.

  Bear Bryant

  Motivational, Success, Sports

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• Find your own picture, your own self in anything that goes bad. It's awfully easy to mouth off at your staff or chew out players, but if it's bad, and your the head coach, you're responsible. If we have an intercepted pass, I threw it. I'm the head coach. If we get a punt blocked, I caused it. A bad practice, a bad game, it's up to the head coach to assume his responsibility.

  Bear Bryant

  Wrestling, Responsibility, Player

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• Be aware of "yes" men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Sports, Believe

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• Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

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• First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.

  Bear Bryant

  Encouraging, Sports, Winning

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• I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.

  Bear Bryant

  Champion, Alabama Football, Hell

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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.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, College, Needs

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• A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won't be happening.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Hard Times, Winning

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• Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

  Bear Bryant

  Softball, Sports, Football

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• The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Mistake

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.238, Triumph Books

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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.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

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• There's no substitute for guts.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Boys, Use

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.246, Triumph Books

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