Bobby Bowden Quotes (165 Quotes)

Drew hung right in there with them. It's going to be interesting to see what all he can do in the future.

He has been that way all spring. Every time I see a collision out there I look around to see if No. 83 is out there, and it's usually him.

The biggest change in Penn State over the last few years has been their offense.

I think we need that. We've been down so low the last three or four years at times ... I want to get back to challenging our kids again to try to get some of our mystique back.

We played a lot of guys today. Once you do that you interrupt your rhythm.

It's always disappointing when you lose, especially when you get off to such a good start, ... You're like, 'Oh, boy, here we go.' But then you lose three in a row and everybody wants to know what happened.

The big task was getting everybody back. Did you win that battle You try to make sure everybody is back and ready to play.

I caught a ride from a lady with four kids, ... I had 57 in my pocket. I stayed at the Pike (fraternity) house.

I would be if he did it all the time. He's run the ball well. Runs are popping out there.

When you fail to score when you get down there like we did, it might haunt you sometime. I'm sure that 'Well here we go again,' entered my mind.

It's something we don't talk about. My religion and faith won't let it matter to me. Sure, winning matters in this job. But some record You're not going to take it when you go, are you Whoever wins it, wins it. No. 1, it's either him or me. It's not like there's somebody else ready to step in there. That guy hasn't been born yet.

It sure doesn't look like you'll see coaches stay at one place for a long time ever again. Administrators at some of the schools are getting jittery and at a drop of a hat will make a change. Times have changed so much that if you're not careful, it ain't as much fun anymore.

Like I told my kids, what a great game to build (upon) going into next year. 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.

Isn't he the guy that killed us last year ... I'm talking about he beat us to death last year, you know . . . They look like they're in pretty good shape at quarterback, no matter what.

It's a bump in the road. But when you've been it as long as I have, it's not the first bump. When you're dealing with 100 players, and somebody steps out of line, you hate it. You hate it for the boy as much as anything or whoever else is involved.

I thought that they dealt with the heat at little better than they did yesterday.

Yeah, I owe 'em some money, there's no doubt about that.

He has come out and run some and thrown the ball in drills nothing live. He's getting some good work and that's what he needs to try to get himself back in there.

Tonight, the No. 1 team in the nation is playing the No. 2 team in the nation. The next best team is Penn State. So we ain't playing a dad-gum nobody. We're playing Penn State, No. 3 in the nation. Now if we can hang with those guys, maybe we've got the material to get back on up there where we belong.

We lost the ball game maybe on one play. There's a lot of one plays, but if you make this play and they don't, you win the game. It's not like they beat you to death. ... I think this is a great foundation to build next year's team on. That's about the way I approached it.

I can see that, ... but I can't do that. And I'm sure he couldn't, either. I guess that's why we hate to play each other so much. I'm going after him and he's going after us.

It would scare you to death if they were running up and down the field, it would scare you to death. You aren't going beat anybody doing (that). It scared me a little bit at first but they tightened it up and did some darn good things.

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

After winning a ballgame over a team that was a two-touchdown favorite, you can imagine how much confidence you gain. As you lose, you begin to lose confidence. You can win 15 games in a row and then lose one, and then you start to wonder. It was a big boost for us as far as confidence is concerned.

I think in (Wake Forest game) you saw the vulnerability some times. We've got to stay healthy is what it comes down to.

I really felt like Boston College would bring this kind of credibility to our conference. With where it is located and all the press there is, I thought it would be real good for our conference. And here's an example.

She wants her son to do good, but she know I got the credit cards.

At one time in that game, it was late, we had decided that we would put Lee in the game. We would give Drew (Weatherford) one more shot and he took them about 80 yards for a touchdown. So then we just stayed with him. We came that close.

(The quarterback decision) will be on performance not potential. We'll go on who's best during the rest of practice.

I guess the biggest change the last few years, evidently, is their offense. Their offense now is so explosive compared to the past, and a lot of that begins with their quarterback. He can take a busted play and do more with it than I think anybody we've faced.

Grandsons are next - Ponder get busy.

It makes this game seem mighty insignificant when you think about what's going on down there. A lot of people think football is life and death. Nope -- that's life and death.

I guess that's why we hate to play each other.

It looked from about the third scrimmage on that Drew would be the guy you'd start, ... He has all the tools to be an outstanding quarterback.

He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words.

The bad news is you've got to be in midseason form to compete against the people you're playing.

I don't feel like we need any more time. We need to play. We simply cannot find out anymore about ourselves until we play. There's not much more preparation can we do.

The last time FSU traveled to Boston College, Bobby Bowden was in his first season as coach. Neither team was a member of a conference. Now, they're together in the ACC's Atlantic Division. Saturday's winner takes a big step toward playing in the first ACC title game. We'll practice just as hard, no matter what, but you'll sure talk to your kids about it, ... Your coaches are going to be aware of it. When you're playing somebody in your division, those are the people you need to get a loss on their record somehow.

I've never seen a quarterback make as many one-man plays as he made tonight.

It looked like it was Florida, Florida State and maybe Oklahoma. In the background was Penn State. And I remember thinking he's going to head south. If you like to throw and catch the ball, head south where the weather is good. I thought he would end up coming down our way. But he went to Penn State.

He's got credentials that he was born with that we can't coach. He's a natural with it. If you look across the country, you'll see that. The Georgia Tech receiver Johnson is that way. Tall and can jump. Greg Carr might be close to that.

I think it was obvious to everyone on the field and even Xavier, ... I can't express the necessity of having Xavier ready for this ballgame.

Changes need to made, obviously, and there's certainly plenty of time to do it. We're trying to do too many things on offense, ... We need to pare them down.

He would get my vote. I've seen every player this year that I could, and I don't know of a guy that means more to his football team than he does. He just does it week after week after week after week.

A guy needs some success and (Weatherford) had some today. Both of them are getting better and better because they are so doggone young.

Sometimes you miss at the wrong time. Joe went through this, too.

Don't go to the grave with life unused.

And we're not good enough to do that, ... You've just got to continue to remind players, it's not worth it, it's not worth it, it's not worth it. You do try to get them to be aggressive, but the aggression has got to shut off at a certain time.

I've always said it takes more courage to stand back there and throw a ball knowing you're fixing to get drilled than anything I can think of in football.

(Lee) has trouble when he tries to guide the ball. He's got a good enough arm that he just needs to drop back and fire it.