Bobby Bowden Quotes (165 Quotes)

Now if you go out and recruit a great, great group but you didn't take care of your needs, it could cost you.

We're just going to make sure that doesn't happen again, ... (Xavier) Lee could've been fresh.

There could be a lot worse news. It could be you don't have anyone to take Sexton's place.

For the first time in awhile, I thought the offense enabled us to win a ball game. They really came through for us today.

I look out there and see all these young guys around and wonder what my wife and I are doing there. Then I look at Joe and remember.

They've seen what we've been through. I've been there many times. I know exactly how they feel.

It usually comes down to the mental attitude of your players. They have to be just as focused against Wake Forest as they were last week against Syracuse, or Boston College (Sept. 17). Because you know they're (Deacons) going to be focused.

If your team is playing aggressive, going after that ball, trying to get after it until the whistle blows, then occasionally a guy is going to overdo it, and you're are going to get a penalty.

Both players are dismissed for conduct detrimental to the welfare of the football team.

It was a matter of him turning it on. I always had a lot of hope for him ever since we signed him. Because he had what you're looking for ... big, long arm span ... tall ... quick. It was a matter of him deciding it's time.

There can be worse news then that, ... You got nobody to replace Wyatt or you got two quarterbacks with no talent.

I was so scared to death they might rip us to pieces. I saw that score, 16-16. I was thinking, Hallelujah.

Starting against such good defensive teams is really a good start, but also you're going to learn more,

I hope the big thing they take is that they coach by the rules and don't take any shortcuts, ... We need good coaches - good people to be coaching. They have such an influence on these kids. A lot of them don't have the home life, the structure they would like to have.

Once you get over the rope burns, it wasn't bad. It's been a very questionable mood outside of our staff. We had so many good years back to back that people expect it all the time. We have lacked consistency for the last few years. I think the hardest part of my job is winning enough games to keep people happy.

We finally stole one from them like they've been stealing them from us. It's about time.

They lost their quarterback. I don't know what it would have meant if he had not got hurt because he was hurting us very bad.

You don't find corners like that, ... You hope you have enough depth to overcome it.

I would expect him to be here. It is the right thing for him to do. He recognizes that he has some work to do, but he knows that he has some tools.

It seemed like there was more drama and suspense than any other year I can remember.

They remind me of Boston College a lot. I think they have eight starters back on defense and I think six or seven on offense.

We've come out trying to run the ball. The second ballgame (against I-AA the Citadel), we came out throwing because we thought we were superior and we could do what we wanted to. Now, when you're playing Syracuse and you're playing Miami and you're playing Boston College, you better do what's best. I felt like sooner or later, we're going to have to come out throwing the darn ball, and that's what our offensive staff wanted to do.

He's gotten into a different situation now and needs to step it up. And it looks like he's got the message. He's got the physical part, the brutality part down. He just needs the finesse part, doing the things correctly and doing it smoothly. He's got the tools of somebody you can count on.

It's been a long time (that none of the teams was in the Top 5 of the polls). It's probably almost 20 years. Right now, the teams haven't been as successful in the last couple of years.

They got a pretty good feel on it. But still, a lot of times you do too much and somebody will blow something.

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.

Our quarterback had a hard time.

I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty.

Our chances of winning the conference championship five years ago was 95 percent, ... Now it's down to 50-50.

We went into the year with one of our biggest liabilities being the offensive line. It was that way last year. Our offensive line stayed beat up all year. I think it goes in cycles like that sometimes, but it definitely does hurt.

Last time you're playing at home (this season), I thought we'd go out there and jump all over them. We're just not a dominating team right now.

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

When they pick the all-time missed field-goal coach, I'll probably get the award. We're masters at that.

There are changes. Just like all times, there are good boys and some who are mischievous.

Boy, it is tough and it might even be unfair especially to be an offensive coordinator. But I want somebody I can trust. If I can't be at work or I have to go out of town, if I'm sick, I know he's going to be there working. But boy, being your son, it is tough. But it's good for him, because when he goes to coach... you have to learn how to handle it. It makes you tough.

I thought Drew got better. A lot of people said, 'Well, Florida State can't beat them with their quarterback so they'll have to do it running.' I think he grew. ... You can't neglect him as a passer.

Joe Paterno, to me, is maybe the greatest coach ever in my opinion. I mean that truly, and I said that 10 years ago.

I think McHale has done a real good job of bringing Atkins along, ... McHale brought him real slow and now it looks like Atkins is pretty much healed.

I thought our kids played about as hard and about as good as we could. If we could have eliminated penalties I think we might have won the game. I don't know how many holding penalties we got in the red zone. It seemed like every time we got to the red zone there was a holding penalty, even in the playoff in the end. We were our own worst enemy in that regard.

That's the one good thing about this game There's always one more that's even bigger, ... That's what this is coming up.

It's one of those things you have to do sooner or later, and we can't wait any later,

I'm about to get fired from my legacy, ... I've got to keep my health in mind, too.

All I know is they have done what they've had to do to win. The first week was very grueling because you played two games in one week, and we came out there. Then this ballgame here, you go away from home with a rookie quarterback, and you wonder how is he going to respond to the crowd, and how is the team going to respond to the crowd. You win that ballgame and, of course, that is the main stat you want, that win. So you just say, up to this point, so far, so good. We know we've got to get better because the people we are playing are going to get better.

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.

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.

I want both of them practicing with a number one mentality.

The elite is sitting up there with no losses, ... Then you got the good guys. We just got thrown down with the good guys. Now we just got to win games and go from there.

He has the ability to play in the NFL. If there are extenuating circumstances, I support a decision to enter the draft, but you can make more money by staying an extra year.

You sure would like to (get Lee in the game), ... We haven't gotten control of a ballgame enough to get him the work that I would like to get him. We might force ourselves to do it earlier this week.

I probably feel as good about our quarterback position as I have felt in five years. He has probably shown more consistency than we've seen there in a while.