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title: "8 Coaches Quotes By Bobby Bowden"
description: "8 Coaches quotes by Bobby Bowden. Plus more from Bobby Bowden and more Coaches sayings from other authors."
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> [Something has to happen that you can't coach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/something-has-to-happen-that-you-can-t-coach/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/bobby-bowden-13983_coach_something-has-to-happen-that-you-can-t-c_493385.png)

> [The thing that drives most coaches out of coaching in college is they get tired of the grind of recruiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/the-thing-that-drives-most-coaches-out-of-coaching-in-college-is-they/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/bobby-bowden-13983_coaches_the-thing-that-drives-most-coaches-out-o_508669.png)

> [Faith is the most important thing in the world to me. It's the greatest strength I've had. It's helped me get through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/faith-is-the-most-important-thing-in-the-world-to-me-it-s-the/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/bobby-bowden-13983_always_faith-is-the-most-important-thing-in-the_642614.png)

> [To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/to-have-the-kind-of-year-you-want-to-have-something-has-to-happen/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/bobby-bowden-13983_coach_to-have-the-kind-of-year-you-want-to-hav_838660.png)

> [You can live by biblical principles, and you can teach by those principles and still be a winner. So many coaches think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/you-can-live-by-biblical-principles-and-you-can-teach-by-those/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/bobby-bowden-13983_across_you-can-live-by-biblical-principles-and_848945.jpg)

> [I won't miss coaching. What you miss is that camaraderie with those boys and the other coaches. You miss that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/i-won-t-miss-coaching-what-you-miss-is-that-camaraderie-with-those/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/bobby-bowden-13983_boy_i-won-t-miss-coaching-what-you-miss-is-t_1550593.png)

> [There's a saying in my business that there are two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired and those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/there-s-a-saying-in-my-business-that-there-are-two-kinds-of-coaches/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/bobby-bowden-13983_been_there-s-a-saying-in-my-business-that-the_1753570.png)

> [I suppose I'm like most coaches now, standing on the sideline hoping somebody asks them a question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/i-suppose-i-m-like-most-coaches-now-standing-on-the-sideline-hoping/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/bobby-bowden-13983_asks_i-suppose-i-m-like-most-coaches-now-stan_2398993.png)

## Other authors on Coaches

## More by Bobby Bowden

> [If their IQ's where five points lower they'd be geraniums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/if-their-iq-s-where-five-points-lower-they-d-be-geraniums/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [All my life, I've been right next to a football field. I never knew nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/all-my-life-i-ve-been-right-next-to-a-football-field-i-never-knew/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/i-was-always-going-to-church-with-my-mom-dad-and-sister-i-was/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/i-guess-i-ll-retire-someday-if-i-live-that-long/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [Something has to happen that you can't coach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/something-has-to-happen-that-you-can-t-coach/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [The thing that drives most coaches out of coaching in college is they get tired of the grind of recruiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/the-thing-that-drives-most-coaches-out-of-coaching-in-college-is-they/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [I've never made football my priority. My priorities are my faith and my dependence on God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/i-ve-never-made-football-my-priority-my-priorities-are-my-faith-and/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [After you retire, there's only one big event left…and I ain't ready for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/after-you-retire-there-s-only-one-big-event-left-and-i-ain-t-ready/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [Faith is the most important thing in the world to me. It's the greatest strength I've had. It's helped me get through the hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/faith-is-the-most-important-thing-in-the-world-to-me-it-s-the/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [I'm not too proud to change. I like to win too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/i-m-not-too-proud-to-change-i-like-to-win-too-much/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [He died right after he retired, and seeing that made me feel more conscious of a man needing a motive to live. If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/he-died-right-after-he-retired-and-seeing-that-made-me-feel-more/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/to-have-the-kind-of-year-you-want-to-have-something-has-to-happen/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [You can live by biblical principles, and you can teach by those principles and still be a winner. So many coaches think you've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/you-can-live-by-biblical-principles-and-you-can-teach-by-those/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/son-you-ve-got-a-good-engine-but-your-hands-aren-t-on-the-steering/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

> [During my last days at Florida State, 65 to 70 percent of my boys did not have a daddy at home. They're raised by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-bowden/during-my-last-days-at-florida-state-65-to-70-percent-of-my-boys-did/)

[Bobby Bowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-bowden/)

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