That 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 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.
More Bobby Bowden Quotes
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After you retire, there’s only one big event left….and I ain’t ready for that.
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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.
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Somehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.
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That’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.
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He who gets the best players usually wins.
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I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.
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Don’t go to the grave with life unused.
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The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.
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I learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.
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Something has to happen that you can’t coach.
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As good as we were, we didn’t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks.
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If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.
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I’m praying for a misdemeanor
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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.
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I guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.
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