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.
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.
More Bobby Bowden Quotes
-
-
I guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
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 BOWDEN -
Don’t go to the grave with life unused.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
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.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
Discipline to me is sacrifice; it’s willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
After you retire, there’s only one big event left….and I ain’t ready for that.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
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.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
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 BOWDEN -
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.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
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.
BOBBY BOWDEN -
A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
BOBBY BOWDEN