To 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 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 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 BOWDENA better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
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 BOWDENI am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.
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 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 BOWDENThe greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.
BOBBY BOWDENSomehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.
BOBBY BOWDENDon’t go to the grave with life unused.
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 BOWDENI’m praying for a misdemeanor
BOBBY BOWDENSportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
BOBBY BOWDENSomething has to happen that you can’t coach.
BOBBY BOWDENHe who gets the best players usually wins.
BOBBY BOWDEN