Bear Bryant Quotes

It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.

Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.

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.

In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.

Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right

If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.

I don't hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they're not brighter than I am, I don't need them.

At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships.

I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.

If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.

I've made so many mistakes that if I don't make the same mistakes over, we're going to come pretty close to winning.

If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.

I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running.

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

Be aware of "yes" men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.

I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.

The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.

Three rules for coaching: 1.) Surround yourself with people who can't live without football. 2.) Recognize winners. They come in all forms. 3.) Have a plan for everything.

In my lifetime, I may have put too much emphasis on winning, because here I am an old man and the only fun I've had is winning, and that's ridiculous.

When I was a young coach I used to say, "Treat everybody alike." That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.

I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don't get in it.

I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.

I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it.

All I know is, I don't want to stop coaching, and I don't want to stop winning, so we're gonna break the record unless I die.

Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.

That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

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.

Don't give up. Reach down inside of you and you'll find something left.

If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.

If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.

I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.

The idea of molding men means a lot to me.

I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.

There is no sin in not liking to play; it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.

You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.

I'm no miracle man. I guarantee nothing but hard work.

They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.

I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.

Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.

Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

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.

I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.

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 don't care how much talent a team has - if the boys don't think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how they play tough on Saturday.

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.

I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.

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.

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.

Get the winners into the game.