Bear Bryant Quotes

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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.
• It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.
• Here's a twenty, bury two.
• I don't hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they're not brighter than I am, I don't need them.
• There's no substitute for guts.
• 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 the top, you…
• Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
• 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,…
• You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out,…
• I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.
• Three rules for coaching: 1.) Surround yourself with people who can't live without football. 2.) Recognize winners. They come in all forms. 3.) Have a…
• A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
• You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.
• When I was a young coach I used to say, "Treat everybody alike." That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.
• No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.
• I ain't never been nothin but a winner.
• Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.
• I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it.
• There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
• I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.

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