415 Quotes by Bobby Bowden

Weatherford has really gained from the first game of the year until the 13th game of the year. I coached against Joe when I was up at West Virginia and I saw those teams that dominate Eastern football. This team is as good as any of them and he hung in there with them.

Weatherford has a long way to go before getting over the hump, ... This game will be another dimension, because this is his first game on the road. These quarterbacks (Weatherford and Xavier Lee) are going to be good one of these days. But for now, they lack experience.

The only thing I didn't like was that our freshman quarterbacks couldn't hit a receiver.

We've been wanting to do it and he's been wanting to do it, so now is the time, ... He's been kind of non-existent this whole season out wide. We felt like the move to all that field would benefit him, but he has not been comfortable with it.

When you get down to your big games, it comes down to your defense.

The next thing is having grandchildren (of former players).

Don’t go to the grave with life unused.

Discipline to me is sacrifice; it’s willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself.

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.