Bear Bryant Quotes

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Bear Bryant

Profession : Coach

Birth : September 11, 1913

There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.

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If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

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Winning isn't everything, but it sure beats anything that comes in second.

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Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

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Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

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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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Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.

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I ain't nothing but a winner.

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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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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

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A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.

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There's no substitute for guts.

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It's been years since I've had a real input in the game anyway. For this game, I've just tried to keep all the other stuff away from the players and coaches.

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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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If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.

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I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that.

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The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.

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Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.

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