Best Quotes from Bobby Bowden
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Bobby Bowden, coach of the Florida State Seminoles from 1976-2009, could always be counted on for an honest, down-to-earth, and sometimes comical analysis of his team.
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“He doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘fear,’ but then again he doesn’t know the meaning of most words.”
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“You know, people can say what they want. They’re just not going to say it around here.”
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“The only thing coaches are sure of about tonight’s game is that somebody is going to win.”
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“A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.”
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“I think when they pick the all-time missed field goals coach, I’ll probably win that award. It’s weird, but we’re masters at that.”
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“I was amazed how he stood up all day like he did.”
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“The only way we could lose it was to lay the ball down, which we did.”
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“I’m about to get fired from my legacy.”
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“When you lose, fans are looking for something to point at […] they call it ‘nepotism,’ but half of them don’t know how to spell it, and the other half don’t know what it means.”
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“When you’ve got a young, inexperienced quarterback, the first thing you think is, ‘Son, don’t lose the game.’”
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“We finally stole one from them like they’ve been stealing them from us. It’s about time.”
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“I am Exhibition B. Joe [Paterno, head coach of Penn State] is Exhibition A. That’s all we are. There’s a game in there somewhere.”
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“He who gets the best players usually wins.”
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“It’s a David vs. Goliath type of game. They are big and we are not […] And they’re veterans. I hate to see that more than anything.”
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“We missed. They missed. We missed. They missed. But it was a great ballgame, a game in which nobody really should have lost that game – but somebody has to lose.”
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“I guess I’ll retire someday if I live that long.”
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“When you fail to score when you get down there like we did […] I’m sure that ‘Well here we go again,’ entered my mind.”
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“These quarterbacks are going to be good one of these days.”
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“We were not sharp. We didn’t do the things you have to do to win.”
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“I suppose I’m like most coaches now: standing on the sideline, hoping somebody asks them a question.”
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