C.L. Bryant Quotes

Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.

I hear the howl of the wind that brings The long drear storm on its heavy wings.

If I panic, everyone else panics.

Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.

Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.

You shouldn't be playing the game if you don't think that the win will happen.

Truth crushed to the earth will rise again!

I don't want to say I'd wipe everybody out, because that's cocky. But they wouldn't beat me.

All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.

Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won't do it unless my coaches tell me I've just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.

There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.

If you hang with 9 broke people, you'll be the 10th.

The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyone the sculpted flower.

A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.

Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.

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.

Where you stand should not depend on where you sit.

My brain cannot process failure... It WILL not process failure

I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.

Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.

Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste.

We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.

Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?

The stormy March has come at last, With winds and clouds and changing skies; I hear the rushing of the blast That through the snowy valley flies.

Don't tolerate lazy people. They are losers.

Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is.

I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do.

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

I ain't never been nothin but a winner.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

I'm chasing perfection.

A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying.

Once you open your eyes and start looking around you, you start picking up things that are very obvious.

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

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

You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.

A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.

I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.

I wouldn’t say I’m a ball hog. I’m a shooter. I don’t necessarily hog the ball, but I put them up though. I definitely much rather shoot it than pass it. That’s just how I am.

Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won't be happening.

We must be free, but to have real freedom, you must be wild and free yourself.

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

You will be blessed the moment you realize you already are.

People have moments of consciousness and epiphanies throughout their lives, but then suppress the realization.