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
Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.
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.
If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.
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've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else.
Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.
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.
There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.
If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.
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.
No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.
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.
Our game plan is first year, a .500 season. Second year, a conference championship. Third year, undefeated. Fourth, a national championship. And by the fifth year, we'll be on probation, of course.
I feel blessed. I have put a lot of hard work into basketball. When you work hard and believe, something positive will come out in the end.