I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.
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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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.
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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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Something has to happen that you can’t coach.
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I 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.
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If their IQ’s where five points lower they’d be geraniums.
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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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He who gets the best players usually wins.
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I’m praying for a misdemeanor
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Discipline to me is sacrifice; it’s willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself.
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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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A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
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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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Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
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