"It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
"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 have a cut dog's chance."
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Source: Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant.
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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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