Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant: Grandmaster of Mind Over Matter 

There was only one Paul "Bear" Bryant! This speech tells 46 of the reasons why...the "Grand Master", he was and still is. Coach Bryant will always be alive and well in the hearts and minds of all who ever had the privilege to meet or even know of him. He was and still is "a legend"! WE can still see you leaning against the goal post during warm-ups, hounds tooth hat in place, unless he was playing "inside". Mama told him to never wear his hat "indoors", and that included the Superdome. These will never be another, even though Coach Saban is the spitting image, has the same standards, teaches the same processes and prepares his players to be prepared for LIFE. We still love you and will never forget you! You were a man's man, a man of honor, a man of his word and a man of few words, though those words were always thoughtful and profound.

as a swimming recruit to univ of alabama in spring 73, i was privileged to meet coach bryant (probably b/c he and my dad knew each other; my dad coached miss state when coach bryant was at kentucky. i vividly recall the encounter 40yrs later. i didn't choose alabamaa - went to lsu instead - but remain grateful to then bama coach don gambrel and coach bryant for the opportunities they extended to me

Outstanding,..simply outstanding

Teague, George Teague is the player who ran down the Miami player and took the ball away from him....not Antonio Langham.

Roll Tide!

To say this was epic would truly be an understatement! Thank you so much for sharing it. I'm a better person for merely listening.

UAT