In Honor of the Upcoming Alabama - Auburn Game, Some of My Favorite "Bear" Bryant Quotes

On the old blog, I got a lot of feedback for posting some of Coach Bryant's most inspirational quotations. Luckily for you, dear reader, I found some more, buried in the archives of . . . well, I'm not going to reveal my sources. Viva la inspiration!

"You can't spell champagne without champ. Can't spell it without pain either."

"Someone asked me, 'Coach, can you get drunk from winnin' so much?', and I told them, 'Yessir, I believe you can. From losin' too, but for different reasons'."

"You've got to want to be a champion. Even if you winnin' you ain't doing nothing but pretending your a champion."

"I only met one man wanted to win more than me and that was Richard Nixon. We was visiting the white house once and he told me he'd do anything to win. After Watergate I just shook my head and thought, 'That man's a winnin' sumbitch'."

"I walked up to one of our kickers. He was watching the end of a soccer game. I asked him who won. He said Nothrumhamptonshire something. I tell you, they all looked like losers to me."

"A reporter came up to me once, and then he walked away slow, real slow."

"I'm no soothsayer, but I bet in 25 years this Brent Musberger fellow is going to be one annoying sumbitch."

"I'm not much into hippies, and I bet they can't tackle worth a damn."

"You see, champions come and go, and winners do to, they just do it faster."

"Some kid comes up to me and says, Coach, you're my hero, says he wants to play for me when he gets big. Well, I look him up and down, size him up, and he smiles at me, like children do sometimes. That's when I knew how I was gonna break him."

"Yeah, I've rassled a bear. That's why they call me 'Bear'." And I played tic-tac-toe with a chicken once. This wasn't too long after I rassled that bear. Well, let me tell you, that chicken was a winner. He beat me fair and square. Of course, I'm a champion, so I don't have to tell you what I had for supper that night."

"I once did a special with Bob Hope. We was backstage and this woman comes up to me and starts powdering my face. So, Bob says to me, 'What would people say if they saw you was wearing make-up.' I said, they won't ever know, and if you tell them, I'll make you walk limp for the rest of your life."