Bear Bryant Quotes:- Bear Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football player and coach. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest college football coaches of all time and is best known as the head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama’s head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships.
Inspirational Bear Bryant Quotes
“If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.”
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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 halftime. Concentrate on winning the second half.”
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“A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.”
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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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“I ain’t nothing but a winner.”
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“Nearly every coach I’ve talked with tells me that the attention you get from media and other people is the thing you miss most. I don’t know if that’s right.”
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“I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting don’t appeal to me anymore. It’s not as much fun as it used to be.”
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“The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.”
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“It’s nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it’s nicer to win it.”
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“Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.”
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Famous Quotes by Bear Bryant
“Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.”
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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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“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 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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“I hope to get out before they start football next year.”
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“There’s no use fussing on a boy who doesn’t have any ability.”
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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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“If we’d beaten ’em, I wouldn’t be going out.”
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“I didn’t have a thing to do with picking a coach and didn’t want to. But I didn’t think they’d pick one I didn’t like.”
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“Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we’d bring a certain guy in and he’d take over that day and I’d leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn’t have been good at all.”
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Top 10 Quotes by Bear Bryant
“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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“There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.”
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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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“You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.”
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“Winning isn’t everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.”
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“There’s no substitute for guts.”
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“I’ve had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else.”
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“If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.”
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“I think I’m telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn’t know he was our coach and I didn’t either.”
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“I plan on staying in Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I’ll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens.”
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“I’m happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would’ve been good.”
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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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