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I learned more from the mistakes than from the good things.

Bobby Bowden

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Bobby Bowden
Age: 91 †
Born: 1929
Born: November 8
Died: 2021
Died: August 8
American Football Player
Football Coach
Head Coach
Journalist
Birmingham
Alabama
Robert Cleckler Bobby Bowden
Robert Cleckler Bowden
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Something has to happen that you can't coach.
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That boy don't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades, and that boy don't know the meaning of a lot of words.
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Discipline to me is sacrifice it's willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself.
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Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
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After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that.
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To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can't coach.
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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.
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He who gets the best players usually wins.
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The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.
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I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long.
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I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.
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I'm not too proud to change. I like to win too much.
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When I go after something, I go after it hard. It has always been that way. I don't know. It's in my blood.
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