Bobby Bowden Quotes

"He who gets the best players usually wins."

"I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long."

"A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better."

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

"He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words."

"If somebody mistreats you, treat 'em good. That kills 'em."

"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."

"Antonio is an outstanding athlete and there is no doubt that he has the ability to play in the NFL."

"He has the ability to play in the NFL. If there are extenuating circumstances, I support a decision to enter the draft, but you can make more money by staying an extra year."

"We have both reached the age where when things go bad, the first thing is you're too old, you're over the hill. I think Penn State did a smart thing staying with him."

"I don't consider that him . That was a reaction to the disease."

"The thing that's very important is the direction you're going. I think we're heading forward. It was hard to tell who the best team was, but they were a much more mature football team than we were."

"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."

"Jeffrey catches all the criticism. But he doesn't do anything I don't tell him to do. I have to know everything he's doing. I have to know what plays he's calling and working on. So it's as much my fault as anybody's. But nobody is going to believe it, because it's your kid."

"I want my boys to be saved,"

"There are changes. Just like all times, there are good boys and some who are mischievous."

"He's got tools. He's fast, tall, rangy, great desire, great human being."

"I think he can be a coach, if that's his desire to do it. When he was here, he gained a lot of respect among his teammates just by the way he played. He played a level ahead of most people, so I think he can bring that into coaching."

"He's got a year under his belt and 12 games under his belt and that makes a big difference. Experience is so valuable when it comes to making good decisions."

"Well, (Ann) brought a tree and bought Christmas packages for the whole world, and what she didn't buy, she charged. I'm the only one to lose money at a bowl."