Paul W. Bryant's legacy still lives on, 30 years after his death | TuscaloosaNews.com - Cecil Hurt - “I think there is a public coach Bryant and a private coach Bryant, to an extent,” said Steadman Shealy, the quarterback of Bryant’s final national championship team in 1979. “He taught me lessons that I still use 30 years later, not just what he did to prepare us as players, but what he did to prepare us for life. He prepared you to be a husband, a father, a businessman or whatever. And he lived that way.” - Shealy, who went on to coach on Bryant’s final staff as an assistant, also hosted the coach’s Sunday television show in 1982, taking over the role previously held by Charley Thornton. - Shealy recalled a conversation he had with Bryant as they prepared to tape what would be the final edition of the show. - “He came to me and said, ‘Steadman, I’m retiring. I feel like I am losing my edge, and I don’t want to affect the team.’ He didn’t do it for himself, he did it for others. - “He did so much for others — helping out people who needed it, sneaking into hospitals to visit patients — and no one ever knew about it.”

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