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 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.
BOBBY BOWDENIf short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.
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 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 BOWDENSomething has to happen that you can’t coach.
BOBBY BOWDENAfter you retire, there’s only one big event left….and I ain’t ready for that.
BOBBY BOWDENIf their IQ’s where five points lower they’d be geraniums.
BOBBY BOWDENI learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.
BOBBY BOWDENSportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
BOBBY BOWDENHe who gets the best players usually wins.
BOBBY BOWDENI guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.
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 BOWDENThe greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.
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 BOWDENDon’t go to the grave with life unused.
BOBBY BOWDEN