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
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.
At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships.
All I know is, I don't want to stop coaching, and I don't want to stop winning, so we're gonna break the record unless I die.
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.
Get the winners into the game.
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.
Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.
I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.
The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.
In my lifetime, I may have put too much emphasis on winning, because here I am an old man and the only fun I've had is winning, and that's ridiculous.
If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.