Bear Bryant Quotes

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.

It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

Here's a twenty, bury two.

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.

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.

Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.

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.

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.

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.

There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.

One man doesn't make a team. It takes eleven.

Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.

Football changes and so do people.

You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.

When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.

When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.

I'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.

If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.

If you whoop and holler all the time, the players just get used to it.

I hope to get out before they start football next year.

Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.

If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.

I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.