In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.
Bear BryantI don't hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they're not brighter than I am, I don't need them.
Bear BryantThe old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days. The football coach has a captive audience and can teach these lessons because the communication lines between himself and his players are more wide open than between kids and parents. We better teach these lessons or else the country's future population will be made up of a majority of crooks, drug addicts, or people on relief.
Bear Bryant