Bobby Bowden Quotes

"I want my boys to be saved,"

"I get to sleep. The phone doesn't ring ... If I have a two-hour flight, I get to sleep for an hour-and-a-half."

"He tried to go, but it didn't feel good, ... I don't think it's anything major. A couple days rest and he should be OK."

"He who gets the best players usually wins."

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

"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."

"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."

"The corners. That was the biggest question mark. There is no position in football more vital than corners. They determine how much blitzing you do."

"I wanted to see more of the other runners."

"We let them express themselves. How would you like to approach this game? Just kinda fun . . . nothing like a quiz the day before the game."

"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 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."

"I'm pretty hot right now, because that was a pretty frustrating offensive performance,"

"Lee's reputation was probably more heralded than the other guy in the state, ... But Weatherford made the best of it."

"And we're not good enough to do that, ... You've just got to continue to remind players, it's not worth it, it's not worth it, it's not worth it. You do try to get them to be aggressive, but the aggression has got to shut off at a certain time."

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

"You can't take anybody lightly now. You're just asking for trouble."

"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."

"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."