A boy needs a male figure, and the girls do, too. Somebody to discipline them and make them be a man. Bobby Bowden More Quotes by Bobby Bowden More Quotes From Bobby Bowden Don't go to the grave with life unused. Bobby Bowden teamworkmotivationalsports 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 collegefootballboys Discipline to me is sacrifice; it's willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself. Bobby Bowden nflsacrificegiving-up 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 adversitysuccessfulcharacter 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 vocabularyhurtcharacter The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake. Bobby Bowden nflpracticemistake Integrity makes my job easier. It's deception and dishonesty that requires so much diligent effort. Bobby Bowden honestyintegrityjobs If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year. Bobby Bowden armyhairfootball 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 desirebloodway 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 floridawinningplay Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel. Bobby Bowden collegefootballson 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 new-yearhappyyears I learned more from the mistakes than from the good things. Bobby Bowden mondaymistakemorning I'm not too proud to change. I like to win too much. Bobby Bowden too-muchproudwinning If somebody mistreats you, treat’em good. That kills’em. Bobby Bowden nflemssports Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt. Bobby Bowden hurtmightneeds 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 nfljobsmen He who gets the best players usually wins. Bobby Bowden playerwinningsports There's only about 6 inches that turns that halo into a noose. Bobby Bowden incheshalosnfl If their IQ's where five points lower they'd be geraniums. Bobby Bowden fiveifs
