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He who gets the best players usually wins.

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: Best Gets He Players Who Wins

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

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: Good Somebody Treat You

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There's a saying in my business that there are two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired and those who haven't been fired yet. That's kind of like prostate cancer. Every man will have it if he lives long enough.

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: Been Business Cancer Coaches Enough Every Every Man Fired He Kind Kinds Like Lives Long Man Prostate Saying Those Two Who Will

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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.

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: Again Fear He Know Meaning Meaning Of Most Then Word Words

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

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: Been Better Could Course Ending Had Scripted Won Would

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I've never made football my priority. My priorities are my faith and my dependence on God.

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: Dependence Faith Football God Made Never Priorities Priority

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All my life, I've been right next to a football field. I never knew nothing else.

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: All My Life Been Else Field Football Football Field Knew Life My Life Never Next Nothing Right

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You can live by biblical principles, and you can teach by those principles and still be a winner. So many coaches think you've got to kick your players in the rear end. You've got to cuss them out. You've got to hit them across the head. No. You don't have to do that.

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: Across Bible Coaches Cuss End Got Head Hit Kick Live Many Out Players Principles Rear Still Teach Them Think Those Winner You Your

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The Bible is big in my teaching. It's a wonder the ACLU didn't get after me pretty good. I really kept thinking they would. I took my boys to church. I took my football team to church. I only did it two times a year. Before I signed a kid, I'd write the parents and I'd tell that parent we were gong to take your son to church twice.

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: After Before Bible Big Boy Church Did Football Football Team Get Good Kept Kid Me Only Parent Parents Pretty Pretty Good Really Signed Son Take Teaching Team Tell Thinking Times Took Twice Two Were Wonder Would Write Year Your

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I really believe God called on me to coach, and that is the reason I stayed in it for so long.

~Bobby Bowden

Topics: Believe Coach God Long Me Really Reason Stayed

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: November 8th, 1929

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