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.’
BOBBY BOWDENHe who gets the best players usually wins.
More Bobby Bowden Quotes
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Something has to happen that you can’t coach.
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Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.
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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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The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.
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I’m praying for a misdemeanor
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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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I learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.
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Don’t go to the grave with life unused.
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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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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 am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.
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He who gets the best players usually wins.
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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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If their IQ’s where five points lower they’d be geraniums.
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Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
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