Bear Bryant Quotes about Winning

Don't talk too much or too soon.

Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.

You win games with your strengths, not your weaknesses.

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.

If it is worth playing, it is worth paying the price to win.

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

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

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.

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.

A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won't be happening.

Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.

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.

The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and 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.

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

I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it.

It's nice to have the opportunity to play for so much money, but it's nicer to win it.

When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.

I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.

I didn't care if we ever quit practicing. I loved it. The only other guy I ever knew who loved it as much was Jerry Duncan. He would beg to practice even when he was hurt. I've actually seen him cry because the trainer told him he couldn't scrimmage.

That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.

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.