I’ve always said it takes more courage to stand back there and throw a ball knowing you’re fixing to get drilled than anything I can think of in football.
BOBBY BOWDENI’ve always said it takes more courage to stand back there and throw a ball knowing you’re fixing to get drilled than anything I can think of in football.
BOBBY BOWDENTo have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can’t explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can’t coach.
BOBBY BOWDENA better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
BOBBY BOWDENI didn’t want to play them, either, but I had to play them. That’s why I said, ‘When I die, They’ll say, ‘At least he played Miami.’
BOBBY BOWDENI learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.
BOBBY BOWDENThat boy don’t know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades, and that boy don’t know the meaning of a lot of words.
BOBBY BOWDENDon’t go to the grave with life unused.
BOBBY BOWDENI am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.
BOBBY BOWDENThat’s not the case. Most of them have had some tough adversity in their life. It’s prepared them. I’ve never felt like you could develop character without adversity.
BOBBY BOWDENThere was no alcohol and no smoking at our house. That was the way a Bowden was supposed to live. My dad always told me to represent the Bowden name in a respectful manner.
BOBBY BOWDENAfter you retire, there’s only one big event left….and I ain’t ready for that.
BOBBY BOWDENSomething has to happen that you can’t coach.
BOBBY BOWDENDiscipline to me is sacrifice; it’s willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself.
BOBBY BOWDENI guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.
BOBBY BOWDENWe would play Miami and lose by one point on a missed field goal, and it would knock us out of the National Championship.
BOBBY BOWDENThe greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.
BOBBY BOWDEN