Football Quotes by Bear Bryant

Football changes and so do people.

— Bear Bryant

I ain't never been nothin but a winner.

— Bear Bryant

I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.

— Bear Bryant

Get the winners into the game.

— Bear Bryant

It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.

— Bear Bryant

Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.

— Bear Bryant

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

— Bear Bryant

Here's a twenty, bury two.

— Bear Bryant

They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.

— Bear Bryant

When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.

— Bear Bryant

You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.

— Bear Bryant

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

— Bear Bryant

If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!"

— Bear Bryant

Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.

— Bear Bryant

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

— Bear Bryant

You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.

— Bear Bryant

I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to…

— Bear Bryant

But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at…

— Bear Bryant

If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to…

— Bear Bryant

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

— Bear Bryant

It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you…

— Bear Bryant

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…

— Bear Bryant

I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the…

— Bear Bryant

I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I…

— Bear Bryant

You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's…

— Bear Bryant

I've never recommended anybody go into coaching, 'cause if they have enough on the ball, if they can do without coaching, they…

— Bear Bryant

First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers.…

— Bear Bryant

My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first…

— Bear Bryant

People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so…

— Bear Bryant

If you want to coach you have three rules to follow to win. One, surround yourself with people who can't live without…

— Bear Bryant

What are you doing here? Tell me why you are here. If you are not here to win a national championship, you're…

— Bear Bryant

The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days.…

— Bear Bryant

Recognize winners. They come in all forms.

— Bear Bryant

One man doesn't make a team. It takes eleven.

— Bear Bryant

Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.

— Bear Bryant

Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is.

— Bear Bryant

I hope to get out before they start football next year.

— Bear Bryant

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

— Bear Bryant

You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.

— Bear Bryant

That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

— Bear Bryant