"It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
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"You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load."
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"Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half."
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"Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!"
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"It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose you won't know how to act. If you lose with humility, then you can come back."
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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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"There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to."
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"What are you doing here? Tell me why you are here. If you are not here to win a national championship, you're in the wrong place. You boys are special. I don't want my players to be like other students. I want special people. You can learn a lot on the football field that isn't taught in the home, the church, or the classroom. There are going to be days when you think you've got no more to give and then you're going to give plenty more. You are going to have pride and class. You are going to be very special. You are going to win the national championship for Alabama."
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"Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray."
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"The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days. The football coach has a captive audience and can teach these lessons because the communication lines between himself and his players are more wide open than between kids and parents. We better teach these lessons or else the country's future population will be made up of a majority of crooks, drug addicts, or people on relief."
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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."
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"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success."
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"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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"Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things."
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"The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it."
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"If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!""
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"In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory."
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"Expect the unexpected."
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"Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum."
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"Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder."
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