Bear Bryant Quotes

A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.

For everyone here in Ohio and across America who's been ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up -- this one is for you.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

You know, sometimes people never get to learn how successful they could have been because they give up too easily. If I've learned one thing in all my years in the business, it's that often things don't work out the way you want at first. But that doesn't mean you should give up.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

If you aren't a loser, you fight; you continue to fight, believe.

I wasn't a kid who won every tournament I was playing, and I think that helped me - it motivated me a lot to know what it felt like not to win.

Often it is tenacity, not talent, that rules the day.

It’s not when you start that makes your success in the world, but when you quit.

Great people are not people who have never fallen down. Greatness has to do with how you get back up.

For me, when I get knocked down, I really try to get back up and go at it again. I don't like to give up.

He believes that "To persevere is favorable."

In the world today , it’s easy to quit. I believe in putting up the fight.

There’s an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: ‘The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.’

I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.

The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world's not exaggerating. But difficult doesn't mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can't control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up.

Everybody faces obstacles. And I looked to people who had been through many to succeed in life. Abraham Lincoln, born to a poor family, faced defeat through most of his life. Lost eight elections, failed two businesses, had a nervous breakdown, and still became president.

You fight and fight. Get every ball back, run every ball down and never, ever doubt.

A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.

We're going to fight this battle with everything we have, and we will probably lose. But then we will fight it again, and we will lose a little less, for this battle will win us many supporters. And then we'll lose *again*. And *again*. And we will fight on. Because as hard as it is to win by fighting, it's impossible to win by doing nothing.

Gracie: "Don't give up, Blanche. Women don't do that. Look at Betsy Ross, Martha Washington-they didn't give up. Look at Nina Jones." Blanche Morton: "Nina Jones?" Gracie: "I've never heard of her either, because she gave up."

You never lose until you actually give up.