As good as we were, we didn’t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks.
BOBBY BOWDENAs good as we were, we didn’t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks.
BOBBY BOWDENA better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
BOBBY BOWDENWhen I go after something, I go after it hard. It has always been that way. I don’t know. It’s in my blood.
BOBBY BOWDENI learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.
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 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 BOWDENDiscipline to me is sacrifice; it’s willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself.
BOBBY BOWDENCourage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.
BOBBY BOWDENI guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.
BOBBY BOWDENSportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
BOBBY BOWDENSomehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.
BOBBY BOWDENIf short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.
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 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 BOWDENAfter you retire, there’s only one big event left….and I ain’t ready for that.
BOBBY BOWDENHe who gets the best players usually wins.
BOBBY BOWDEN