"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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Bear Bryant quotes (page 7 of 8)
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"Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat."
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"Every time a player goes out there, at least 20 people have some amount of influence on him. His mother has more influence than anyone. I know because I played, and I loved my mama."
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"The summer day is closed, the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours, The latest of whose train goes softly out In the red west."
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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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"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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"Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them."
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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 don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments."
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"The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep."
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"One man doesn't make a team. It takes eleven."
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"There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives."
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"You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents."
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"Football changes and so do people."
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"Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you."
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"When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none."
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"When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both."
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"My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter."
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"If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile."
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"I'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner."
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