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 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.’
More Bobby Bowden Quotes
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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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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 guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.
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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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A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
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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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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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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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Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
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I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.
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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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As good as we were, we didn’t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks.
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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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