Bobby Bowden Quotes

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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.

  Bobby Bowden

  Giving Up, Sacrifice, Nfl

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• People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. 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

  Character, Adversity, Successful

  Interview with Chad Bonham, christiansportsjournal.com. October 5, 2016.

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• 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

  Football, Boys, College

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• Don't go to the grave with life unused.

  Bobby Bowden

  Motivational, Teamwork, Sports

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.

  Bobby Bowden

  Mistake, Practice, Nfl

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• I learned a long time ago that you don't have to go around using bad language and trying to hurt people to show how macho you are. That stuff won't get you anywhere, it just shows lack of vocabulary and character.

  Bobby Bowden

  Hurt, Character, Vocabulary

  Bobby Bowden, Bill Smith (1994). “More than just a game”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.

  Bobby Bowden

  Football, Army, Hair

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• Integrity makes my job easier. It's deception and dishonesty that requires so much diligent effort.

  Bobby Bowden

  Jobs, Honesty, Integrity

  Bobby Bowden, Steve Bowden (2001). “The Bowden Way: 50 Years of Leadership Wisdom”, p.41, Taylor Trade Publications

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• I'm not too proud to change. I like to win too much.

  Bobby Bowden

  Winning, Proud, Too Much

  Bobby Bowden, Steve Bowden (2001). “The Bowden Way: 50 Years of Leadership Wisdom”, p.234, Taylor Trade Publications

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• When 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 Bowden

  Blood, Desire, Way

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• Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel.

  Bobby Bowden

  Football, Son, College

  Bobby Bowden, Steve Bowden (2001). “The Bowden Way: 50 Years of Leadership Wisdom”, p.121, Taylor Trade Publications

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• I learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.

  Bobby Bowden

  Monday, Morning, Mistake

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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. 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. We would play Miami and lose by one point on a missed field goal, and it would knock us out of the National Championship. 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

  Winning, Florida, Play

  "The case for FSU's dynasty" by Mark Schlabach, www.espn.com. December 25, 2012.

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• Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.

  Bobby Bowden

  Hurt, Needs, Might

  "Bobby Bowden: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 30, 2009.

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• 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

  Happy, New Year, Years

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• If somebody mistreats you, treat’em good. That kills’em.

  Bobby Bowden

  Sports, Nfl, Ems

  “Bobby Bowden: What I've Learned” by Call Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 30, 2009.

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• He who gets the best players usually wins.

  Bobby Bowden

  Sports, Winning, Player

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• There's only about 6 inches that turns that halo into a noose.

  Bobby Bowden

  Nfl, Halos, Inches

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• If their IQ's where five points lower they'd be geraniums.

  Bobby Bowden

  Five, Ifs

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• I’m praying for a misdemeanor

  Bobby Bowden

  Praying, Misdemeanors

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• After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that.

  Bobby Bowden

  Football, College, Events

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• I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and church. 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

  Mom, Dad, Home

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• He died right after he retired, and seeing that made me feel more conscious of a man needing a motive to live. If I ever got out of coaching, I would have to get a job somewhere, or I'm afraid I'd wilt on the vine, too.

  Bobby Bowden

  Jobs, Men, Nfl

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• I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.

  Bobby Bowden

  Nfl, Victory, Moral

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• I suppose I'm like most coaches now, standing on the sideline hoping somebody asks them a question.

  Bobby Bowden

  Sidelines, Coaches, Standing

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