Words matter. These are the best Bobby Bowden Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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 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.
Even though I retired from coaching, I still believe that is my calling.
All my life, I’ve been right next to a football field. I never knew nothing else.
If somebody mistreats you, treat ’em good. That kills ’em.
During my last days at Florida State, 65 to 70 percent of my boys did not have a daddy at home. They’re raised by mommas. Thank God for them mommas, or grandmommas. Or big sister or aunt.
The heck with political correctness. I’ve never believed in it.
I really believe God called on me to coach, and that is the reason I stayed in it for so long.
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.
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 won’t miss coaching. What you miss is that camaraderie with those boys and the other coaches. You miss that.
Don’t go to the grave with life unused.
A guy’s who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won’t have any character. But when you’ve had it tough and you’ve had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that’s the way you build character.
The thing that drives most coaches out of coaching in college is they get tired of the grind of recruiting.
