Bobby Bowden Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“I won't miss coaching. What you miss is that camaraderie with those boys and the other coaches. You miss that.”

“You can live by biblical principles, and you can teach by those principles and still be a winner. So many coaches think you've got to kick your players in the rear end. You've got to cuss them out. You've got to hit them across the head. No. You don't have to do that.”

“The thing that drives most coaches out of coaching in college is they get tired of the grind of recruiting.”

“The Bible is big in my teaching. It's a wonder the ACLU didn't get after me pretty good. I really kept thinking they would. I took my boys to church. I took my football team to church. I only did it two times a year. Before I signed a kid, I'd write the parents and I'd tell that parent we were gong to take your son to church twice.”

“There's a saying in my business that there are two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired and those who haven't been fired yet. That's kind of like prostate cancer. Every man will have it if he lives long enough.”

“Even though I retired from coaching, I still believe that is my calling.”

“Football has always been a big part of my life. Almost from the day I was born, playing and coaching football were all I really ever wanted to do.”

“I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long.”

“I've never made football my priority. My priorities are my faith and my dependence on God.”