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COLLEGE FOOTBALL QUOTES
Quotes by Paul "Bear" Bryant, head coach, Alabama Crimson Tide
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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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"I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running." -- On why he left Texas A&M to come to Alabama.
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"Don't talk too much or too soon."
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"In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway."
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"Winning isn't everything, but it sure beats coming in second."
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"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."
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"When you're number one, you don't play for the tie."
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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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"I don't hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they're not smarter than me, I don't need them."
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"In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it."
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"You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load."
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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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"I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad."
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"The first thing a football coach needs when he's starting out is a wife who's willing to put up with a whole lot of neglect. The second thing is a five-year contract."
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"The alumni are starting to grumble, and I'm the one starting it."
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"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts."
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"There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives."
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"Age has nothing to do with it. You can be out of touch at any age."
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"Sure I'd like 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." - To a group of boosters before an Auburn game.
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"They play like it is a sin to give up a point." -- Talking about his defense before the 1962 Sugar Bowl.
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"At Alabama, we teach our men to win." -- When asked about Notre Dame's decision run out the clock and tie Michigan State 10-10 in the 1966 Rose Bowl. Both teams wound up tied for first with an undefeated Alabama finishing third even though they beat Nebraska 34-7 in the Sugar Bowl.
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"If he'd kicked it straght, we would have blocked it." -- Remarks about Tennessee's missed field goal in the 1966 game in Knoxville, won by the Tide 11-10.
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"At Alabama our players do not win Heisman Trophies, our teams win national championships." -- After being asked if he was dissappointed that an Alabama player had never won the Heisman Trophy while he was the coach.
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