Remembering Paul Bear Bryant - Nick Saban

Nick Saban discussing Coach Paul Bear Bryant. This interview with Coach Saban was in January 2017 prior to Coach Saban tying Bear Bryant's National Championship wins.

This poem from the great Paul "Bear" Bryant is worth posting time and again.

Today, January 26, 2018 marks the 35th Anniversary of his death.

It’s true that an inspiration prayer was found in the wallet of legendary college football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant upon his death.

The Paul W. Bryant Museum at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa has confirmed that Bryant carried a poem around in his wallet titled “A New Day” that reads:

“This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good. What I do today is very important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving something in its place I have traded for it. I want it to be gain, not loss — good, not evil. Success, not failure in order that I shall not forget the price I paid for it.”

Bear Bryant used to carry the poem around in his wallet and was known to read it to his players. The museum, which hands out free copies of the poem to visitors, also has a video of Bryant’s former players reading the poem posted on its website.

The poem was written by Heartsill Wilson, a motivational speakers and accountant from Texas.