Political Quotes

“I thank each of my colleagues for joining me, particularly my cosponsors, Senators Shelby, Ford, Bumpers, Gramm, Pryor, and Stevens, in this effort to so honor Coach Bryant. This resolution I am submitting today puts the Senate on record as supporting this much-deserved tribute to one of the greatest sports heroes of our time. Although Coach Bryant passed away 11 years ago, he remains the winningest coach in major college football history, with 323 victories, 6 national championships, and the most postseason bowl appearances of any coach. One joke I have heard for years is that in Alabama an atheist is someone who does not believe in Bear Bryant. One can still find large-sized picture postcards sold at newsstands showing him walking on airbrushed water above the caption 'I believe.' George Blanda, the great quarterback and placekicker once remarked that upon seeing Bryant's face for the first time--granite and ice, and true grit--he thought, 'This must be what God looks like.' Blanda said that when Bryant walked into a room, you wanted to stand up and applaud.”