Tuesday; July 27
I have been around sports almost all my life. Between watching college football, the NFL and Major League Baseball, I have spent (wasted) a lot of time and gained a lot of enjoyment. As I look back on a lifetime of exposure to these groups, there are a few people who stand out – and one of them is Bobby Bowden. Coach Bowden was an Alabama kid who thankfully never quite made it back to his home state. I am sure he could feel its allure from the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee, but for a lot of us who enjoyed his run at FSU, we are glad he stayed. While I liked Coach Bowden’s football teams, the thing that impressed me the most was Coach Bowden himself. I could fill a lot of pages with his quotes, but as Coach Bowden faces his last days on earth, I thought I would share a couple with you. In one he remarked, “A guy who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it ro