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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.

~Bobby Bowden

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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.

~Bobby Bowden

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Faith is the most important thing in the world to me. It's the greatest strength I've had. It's helped me get through the hard times. You're not going to win every one of your football games. I've always said I'm not going to make football my god. A lot of coaches put so much into coaching football games that they have nothing left.

~Bobby Bowden

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Don't go to the grave with life unused.

~Bobby Bowden

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

~Bobby Bowden

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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

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I won't miss coaching. What you miss is that camaraderie with those boys and the other coaches. You miss that.

~Bobby Bowden

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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.

~Bobby Bowden

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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.

~Bobby Bowden

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The thing that drives most coaches out of coaching in college is they get tired of the grind of recruiting.

~Bobby Bowden

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: November 8th, 1929

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