Bobby Bowden Quotes

"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

"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."
-Bobby Bowden

"He who gets the best players usually wins."
-Bobby Bowden

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

"I am an exhibit. Joe is exhibit A. There's a game somewhere. Penn State and Florida State are playing. We're just an exhibit."
-Bobby Bowden

"I am Exhibition B. Joe is Exhibition A. That's all we are. There's a game in there somewhere -- Penn State and Florida State are playing."
-Bobby Bowden

"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

"I thought Joe was gonna tackle the dad-gum horse. I was gonna tell him, 'Go high on him, don't go low.' I remember Joe running out there and getting upset about that."
-Bobby Bowden