265 Quotes by Bear Bryant

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 care how much talent a team has – if the boys don’t think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how they play tough on Saturday.

In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.

I ain’t never been nothin but a winner.

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.

If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It’s in my blood.

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

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.

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.