Winning isn't everything, but it sure beats anything that comes in second.

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

If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable

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

Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.

I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad.

Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.

When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.

You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.

Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.

They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.

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

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

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

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

I'd like for people to remember me as a winner, because I ain't never been nothin but a winner.

In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.

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

If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!"

I don't hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they're not brighter than I am, I don't need them.

There is no sin in not liking to play; it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.

I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.

When I was a young coach I used to say, "Treat everybody alike." That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.

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

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

I left Texas A&M because my school called me. Mama called, and when Mama calls, then you just have to come running.

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.

I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.

I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.

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.

Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.

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.

Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.

I 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.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

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.

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.

I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.

We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.

I'm not much of a golfer, I don't have any friends and all I like to do is go home and be alone, and not worry about ways not to lose.

If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.

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