265 Quotes by Bear Bryant

I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.

At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships.

I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have a genuine desire for team victory, you will become the national champions. If you have all the above, you will acquire confidence and poise, and you will have those intangibles that win the close ones.

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.

I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.

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.

Don't tolerate lazy people. They are losers.

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.

My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter.