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The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.

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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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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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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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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I'm not too proud to change. I like to win too much.
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I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.
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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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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.
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