Bryant locker room speech to incoming freshmen

[@JB88-]

Bears voice alone scares the living hell out of me. Couldn't imagine how tough the men playing ball for him were. RTR

[@brianakins4420]

I'd like to know how Robert Neyland coached because Bear was never able to beat Neyland in his career.

[@Rockit8]

"And I'll tell you this, I expect nothing less" The look on his face when he said this, I wouldn't want to let him down.

[@kayowalsh]

I went Bama while he was there and met him in person. He was larger than life. There will never be another.

[@mparkdalton]

Tbf, there was another

[@timdillard9634]

@@mparkdalton Nope.

[@MrAitraining]

Lesson for life. Not just football.

[@the45er]

You got that 100% correct!

[@jessegalinski3124]

This is the greatest, most truthful, motivational video on KZbin. Thank you Coach Bryant. RTR BABY!

[@wilbo09]

Bear Bryant was the greatest football coach in history. Even as an Auburn fan there's no doubt.

[@3rdgradetchr]

"He wasn't just a coach," former USC coach John McKay said. "He was the coach."

[@DTittle]

September 11th will be the 100th anniversary of Coach Bryant's birth. He's not dead he lives in the hearts of winners everywhere because he was/is a winner. ROLL TIDE!!!

[@GENERALSPARTAN27]

THIS video needs to be shown to every freshman who puts on a Crimson Tide uniform

[@drewper73]

It's hard to believe that I went to the same university where he made his mark, The University of Alabama. When I was in school there, his name was everywhere, so in that sense it was easy to remember that he had been there. But until I see something like this speech or watch highlights of some of those great seasons he had, I don't truly appreciate how we walked the same ground on that campus. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!

[@lloydkline3265]

Really, he was beating Ohio state football team and woody hayes, usc football team and john McKay, etc etc

[@uofa82]

Walking with a giant. ❤

[@erinserb]

Rolllll Tide Rollll! Coach Bryant FOREVER!!!

[@danielcrowe9324]

Nothing more, nothing less; he was simply the best.

[@llg3pe]

We need to bring men like this back

[@dannyroybal7394]

Respect Is A Powerful Tool R.I.P. Coach

[@mayorofwilsonville]

"I expect nothing less" genius

[@pmanisc]

"give a little extrie" classic

[@Tri-StarTN]

even though im a vol fan & always will be. i still respect bear bryant for his success. but remember, he learnt everything that he knew about football from general neyland

[@jakekent106]

As a Bama fan, i have to say you are correct. There will never be another General Neyland!

[@warchickenbaby]

I am an AUbie but have the upmost respect for this man and what he stood for,Coach Bryant wherever you are the sport of college football misses you and your smashmouth style of play ,I can truly say you set the standards that have carried on espacially in the southeast .WINNER

[@givemetoast]

God Bless great football coaches!!

[@CameronMcCaffrey-e7p]

The greatest college football coach of all time. Rest in peace 🙏

[@Britton_Thompson]

This was Bear Bryant at his coaching best! This wasn't from the 1970s dynasty, when he had his pick of the best players all across the nation. These were the early years of rebuilding Alabama football back into the program that he himself had won national championships with as a player for Frank Thomas in the 1930s. These were the undermanned, undersized, lilly White Alabama teams. This was when he took little, slow, weak country boys and turned them into killers by convincing them they could beat anybody based purely on his mastery of motivation. As Kenny Stabler said, "The opponents were always bigger, stronger, faster, and there were more of them, but we always won." This was a younger Coach Bryant at his coaching apex!

[@Britton_Thompson]

This was not yet "Bryant, the football god" this was "Bryant, the coaching genius".

[@chuckwest7045]

This was from the Fall of 1967 to be exact.

[@ralphmelvin1046]

This is great

[@retroguy9494]

"WEAK" country boys? I never knew there was such a thing! LOL I thought country boys were always tough little shit kickers.

[@atlantacabil]

Whos's watching this in 2021 after another Crimson Tide championship...RTR

[@stanwray5663]

October 3 , 2021

[@BobPapadopoulos]

Chills. Absolute chills.

[@bamabelle327]

Chase, Alabama football under Coach Bryant speaks for itself.. whether you liked this speech or not.

[@stevenpollard5171]

I was in the state in the USAF in 1966-67. There was no talking to Tide fans if you were not all in, too! The Bear had a weekly TV show where he was lamenting a bad year once when his team went 8-2. A “bad year.” He said after a loss once,”We couldn’t have beaten a barber college.” Great lines!

[@play030]

One of the best ever. And I am a UGA fan.

[@SuperTeebird123]

damn man im a florida gator to i die but Coach Bryant man now thats how u get a team ready wow his voice just make you say yes sir

[@treyvelasco6609]

What a leader!

[@michaelkraus4135]

This is amazing ! Because it was said sooo ! long ago . But parallels today WITH ALL THE OFF SEASON WORKOUTS & TRAINING ! I'm a ND fan , he was BRILLANT !

[@bull864]

They don't make them like the Bear anymore. A brilliant coach who was one tough SOB.

[@lloydkline6946]

❤ bear bryant my hero, greatest coach ever

[@joeyricefried9621]

Legend. - Auburn fan

[@Rick_Foley]

"...and I'll tell you this, I expect nothing less." FTW

[@birch5757]

Not just at Bama. Good lesson for anyone.

[@barryrobinson8085]

Bear had a hard life when he was young n I respect than man!

[@truedude30]

holy crap...that was beautiful!

[@lloydkline3265]

The best

[@roneasleyjr.1831]

Much love and respect to Coach Saban, but this man started the "Bama Standard"!!! Roll Tide Coach!!! Stll the greatest!!!

[@Adam-bq2vw]

Arkansas native, Bear Bryant.

[@TheMacetheace]

Roll Tide. This man was a football god in Tuscaloosa.

[@lloydkline3265]

Really, he was beating Ohio state football's with woody hayes, USC football team coach john McKay, etc etc

[@jacobinemugatu]

WHOA INDEED! THAT WAS INCREDIBLE...

[@lloydkline3265]

Best speech ever,wow

[@xaviershanklin7061]

A WINNING MAN

[@dapado33]

Thanks for posting this.

[@marine919]

The old Clemson coach Frank Howard said,"Bear could take hissun and beat yourn and take your and beat hissun .'

[@joelciszewski1]

I've also heard that during recruiting, he has said to potential recruits: "We will win a National championship with you at Alabama. Or we will win a national Championship without you at Alabama."

[@Britton_Thompson]

I thought Bobby Dodd said that, not Frank Howard?

[@dme1016]

marine919 Then he'd spit out some t'bacca, right?

[@Bamruff62]

I thought it was the old Houston Oiler Coach Bum Philips. Bum was an assistant coach for Bear Bryant.

[@GDuncan8002]

One of the best quotes I've ever heard.

[@Novinte]

shit, the way he says I expect nothing less would get me scared if I was his player.

[@larryl212]

Imagine if you were a good ol' 18 yr boy off a farm... or an 18yr old black kid who had never slept on box springs. Bryant gave those young people life lessons that endured.

[@195kah]

"And I tell you this, I expect nothing less." I'm stealing that line.

[@christophercringle896]

God I sure miss him!! Not complaining but just miss him!!!

[@47STRAIGHTTMSportsGifts]

Classic. I am ready to go win a national title now. By the way, we're at 100 every day. Bear Bryant very well may have been the greatest, but don't forget Bud Wilkinson's 1953-1957 Oklahoma teams won 47 straight games! Bud has to be in the mix along with Frank Leahy and others.

[@stevec6455]

Wouldn't you know my eyes glazed over about one minute in.

[@rb676]

@edko426 What a great year to be a Bama grad. I'm a '91 myself but I love the year 1976 and I love Bama...put 'em together...damn good times, I'd wager.

[@SwampOfGators]

Bear Bryant isn't dead, he works with EA Sports to create their player rating system for the NCAA Football series.

[@enyapffoeg]

It's the pull string of a screen to an overhead projector.

[@deonteross2996]

Goat period

[@th3wallac3s]

That, is WINNER talk, jack!

[@OrvilleSchnellenberg]

Former Kentucky coach. :)

[@artofvalor9396]

Gots to give a little extry! Rip sir

[@GENERALSPARTAN27]

Alabama played at 90, ND played at a 68, I'm saying this as a fan of both teams

[@jodystewart9028]

And the only reason Alabama played at 90 was because they played Prevent for the entire 4th quarter. That last ND touchdown was charity.

[@ryanrobin12]

GOAT

[@johnrwoodrum614]

Let’s just say here I am. I just wake up and piss excellence every day. RTR!

[@bamafan73191]

if i were in that room when he said "I expect nothin less" i woulda crapped my pants

[@franklinbolander1916]

ME TOO!!

[@jjpoints]

Fantastic!!

[@Starrione]

The part missing on the video was, "And if you don't give it your all, I'm gonna send you over to Scooba to scrimmage in the gator pond with "Bull" "Cyclone" Sullivan. Have a good game, boys." lol...

[@bridgettecoffey1083]

“I expect nothing less.” No he did not ladies and gentlemen, no he did not.

[@weswsp01]

I bet Bear would have ran the clock out and played OverTime

[@jacksonaggie63]

I bet Bear would've went on to beat FSU in the title game if he dominated the first 3 quarters too....

[@kenmedve864]

If this doesn't get you fired up,nothing will

[@tolivr]

Anyone with but a modicum of intelligence knows what Bryant was saying here, but.... if Bryant says 10% of 75 is 10, THEN IT IS 10.

[@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

He talks more like a professor than a coach

[@marknottage]

What is your source for this clip? I'm helping coach a high school team who needs all the inspiration we can give them, but I don't have LAN in any of the places we can assemble them (thus can't show this to them in its form here).

[@greenbeagle13]

Wow..., still relevant in 2022....

[@jbaseball7]

I didn't realize Bear Bryant created the Madden ratings system.

[@jeffreythomson7671]

Convinced me.

[@hostileactual7655]

The makers of madden needs to pay attention to this...

[@theniclasridiclas]

@NLBrindley Damn straight! haha. But really, most of us have nothin but love for The Bear.

[@charmainejames9539]

I didn’t recognize Coach without wearing a hat.

[@rogerbahakel]

what about walter lewis.who has played quarteback at alabama more than any in the history of alabama football.From 1980-83.who do you think made that call.Bear bryant.

[@mskilling7422]

I noticed ....no comments on the "Alabama"math?

[@howardrichards5875]

Sorry, weswsp01, I was in grad school at FSU in 1993, and I remember how FSU got that first championship: after they lost to Notre Dame, they CRIED on TV (literally; that's not the kind of thing I would make up) and BEGGED the voters not to drop them too much in the polls. It worked. Notre Dame lost the next week, but they didn't cry or beg and were dropped out of contention. FSU got the trophy, but they had to give up their man cards to do it.

[@2014cwajts71]

@db13395 I think Gump played with Namath.......or was it Stabler.........Trammal maybe. Hell, now I'm gonna have to look it up.

[@keithmotsinger918]

Just read The Junction Boys,and watched the movie.4 myself the player with the one armed Father and Mother begging to play,and the Fathersaying football is not War! Rocky for Steelers said : the same dam thing.

[@1920s]

The best there ever was.

[@lloydkline3265]

Nick Saban is second best college football coach

[@1972ibleedcrimson]

Motivation

[@BretU20]

@greymoose1000 On October 8, 1977, THE GREAT MEN OF TUSCALOOSA travel up to California to play #1 USC and win in Southern Cal, 21-20. ROLL TIDE!!!!!!

[@mikecole5534]

Roll Tide..TY Coach ...

[@BobPapadopoulos]

Oh, and it's a little dumb to say he makes no sense when he's right. He told them in four years they'd walk out as National Champions, and by God most of the players he ever coached at Alabama did just that.

[@rm04ever]

real madrid need this vs barcelona

[@patrickt6642]

Bear Bryant ,Vince lombardi,john wooden the mount Rushmore of coaches

[@CRuSHiTT2n3]

ROLL TIDE ROLL!

[@kyrada79]

Anyone know what year this was? My FIL played for Bear between 1963-1966.

[@chuckwest7045]

1967

[@elpllc7541]

Chilling

[@dozer6767]

@PooPoo2U How can you say it better than that!! He is still the winningest coach in collegiate football history for a reason!! That is not an arguable fact!!

[@warchickenbaby]

@djf750 THATS WHY HE WAS A GOOD COACH AFUKIN FRAID TO LOSE HELL YEA

[@patrickepatterson]

What year was this?

[@messenger872]

Is that a noose on the chalk board behind him?

[@jamespetty6052]

messenger872 lol sure looks like it

[@linedrivee]

loveeee the bear!

[@dme1016]

Southern big-college football was so much better before...THEY got in.

[@bamafan73191]

@teamcampmor he says 75 percent at 1:05

[@James-sh2zd]

"I expect nothing less" Ya know a lot of coaches could say this, but with Bryant you could feel it was true. That man wouldn't accept anything but excellence. Sometimes it's all about who is delivering the message

[@brady1268]

OG madden ratings

[@GDuncan8002]

I'm willing to give a little extrie, Coach.

[@weswsp01]

We got one of those

[@GENERALSPARTAN27]

He wanted black players when he was at Texas A&M but the school wouldn't let him

[@BretU20]

@greymoose1000 they aren't investigating Bama. if they were my dad would have told me.