I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.
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.
More Bobby Bowden Quotes
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There 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.
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I 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.’
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The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.
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Something has to happen that you can’t coach.
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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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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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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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We would play Miami and lose by one point on a missed field goal, and it would knock us out of the National Championship.
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Don’t go to the grave with life unused.
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I’m praying for a misdemeanor
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If their IQ’s where five points lower they’d be geraniums.
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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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I learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.
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Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
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Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.
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