When I go after something, I go after it hard. It has always been that way. I don’t know. It’s in my blood.
BOBBY BOWDENWhen I go after something, I go after it hard. It has always been that way. I don’t know. It’s in my blood.
BOBBY BOWDENAs good as we were, we didn’t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks.
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’m praying for a misdemeanor
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 BOWDENSomething has to happen that you can’t coach.
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 BOWDENHe who gets the best players usually wins.
BOBBY BOWDENI guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.
BOBBY BOWDENAfter you retire, there’s only one big event left….and I ain’t ready for that.
BOBBY BOWDENSportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
BOBBY BOWDENSomehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.
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 BOWDENCourage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.
BOBBY BOWDENI used to get mad because nobody else would play Miami. Notre Dame would play them, then drop them. Florida dropped them. Penn State dropped them.
BOBBY BOWDENI learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.
BOBBY BOWDEN