I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
Bear BryantMost coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right
Bear BryantI've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else.
Bear BryantFind your own picture, your own self in anything that goes bad. It's awfully easy to mouth off at your staff or chew out players, but if it's bad, and your the head coach, you're responsible. If we have an intercepted pass, I threw it. I'm the head coach. If we get a punt blocked, I caused it. A bad practice, a bad game, it's up to the head coach to assume his responsibility.
Bear BryantI know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games.
Bear BryantBut there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.
Bear Bryant