Top 151 Quotes & Sayings by Bear Bryant
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Bear Bryant.
Last updated on September 13, 2024.
It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.
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.
I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.
I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens.
I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
I ain't nothing but a winner.
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.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
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.
A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.
Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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.
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.
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.
There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.
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.
Winning isn't everything, but it sure beats anything that comes in second.
In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.
There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.
There's no substitute for guts.
If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.
I hope to get out before they start football next year.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.
If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.
If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.
Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.
I'm no miracle man. I guarantee nothing but hard work.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.
Expect the unexpected.
There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.
Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.
Don't talk too much or too soon.
Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.
The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be
unimaginable
Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.
You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.
Don't give up. Reach down inside of you and you'll find something left.
It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.
Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.
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