Paul W. Bryant > Quotes

“If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.”
― Paul W. Bryant, Bear Bryant on Winning Football

“Tell me what you expect from me.
Winning team members need to know five things:

1. Tell me what you expect from me.
2. Give me an opportunity to perform.
3. Let me know how I'm getting along.
4. Give me guidance where I need it.
5. Reward me according to my contribution.”
― Paul W. Bryant, Bear Bryant on Winning Football

“It’s not the will to win that matters – everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”
― Coach Paul Bear Bryant

“I don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not brighter than I am, I don’t need them.”
― Paul W. Bryant

“Listen, does your boy know how to work? Try to teach him to work, to sacrifice, to fight. He better learn now, because he’s going to have to do it some day. Lloyd Hale was a sophomore on that first team we took to Junction, and he asked me one time what I meant by “fight.” Well, I don’t mean fistfight, like we used to do back in Arkansas, I told him. I mean, some morning when you’ve been out of school twenty years and you wake up and your house has burned down and your mother is in the hospital and the kids are all sick and you’re overdrawn at the bank and your wife has run off with the drummer, what are you going to do? Throw in?”
― Paul W. Bryant, Bear: The Hard Life & Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant

“There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.”
― Paul W. Bryant

“In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.”
― Paul W. Bryant

“Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.”
― Paul W. Bryant