Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant
Paul William "Bear" Bryantwas an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships. Upon his retirement in 1982, he held the record for most wins as head coach in collegiate football history with 323 wins. The Paul W. Bryant Museum, Paul W. Bryant Hall, Paul W. Bryant Drive, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 September 1913
CityFordyce, AR
CountryUnited States of America
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.
The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself.
Don't give up. Reach down inside of you and you'll find something left.
They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.
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.
When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.
Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is.
Football changes and so do people.
Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.
I've never recommended anybody go into coaching, 'cause if they have enough on the ball, if they can do without coaching, they should do without it. If they put as much work into it and spend as much time, the rewards are going to be much better in something else.
First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.
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
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.
I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.