I guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.
BOBBY BOWDENI guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.
BOBBY BOWDENSomehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.
BOBBY BOWDENCourage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.
BOBBY BOWDENI’m praying for a misdemeanor
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 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 BOWDENDon’t go to the grave with life unused.
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 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 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 BOWDENSomething has to happen that you can’t coach.
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 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 learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.
BOBBY BOWDENIf short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.
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