415 Quotes by Bobby Bowden

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.

Anytime something goes bad the first thing people think is nepotism,

Something has to happen that you can't coach.

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 all I'm going to say about it.

Their defense is very good. This is the same group that gave us fits last year.

Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.

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.

As I look back on my 51 years of coaching, ... that is the hardest thing to explain.