“A boy needs a male figure, and the girls do, too. Somebody to discipli...” — Bobby Bowden Quote

“A boy needs a male figure, and the girls do, too. Somebody to discipline them and make them be a man.”

“I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and church. There was no alcohol and no smoking at our house. That was the way a Bowden was supposed to live. My dad always told me to represent the Bowden name in a respectful manner.”

“Football has always been a big part of my life. Almost from the day I was born, playing and coaching football were all I really ever wanted to do.”

“I think if I could be a man in any time period, I would be a pirate. You know, go climbing in the rigging, sword fighting. I'd like to do that.”

“When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man.”

“People are so used to men playing these amazing roles that they sometimes can't even see that there is no reason it has to be a man other than it was written that way - this is true for diversity in general.”