Bowden Quotes

(45th over: England 171-5 (Pietersen 76, Collingwood 2) Lee is bowling seriously quickly - consistently around 95mph - and looks to have trapped Collingwood lbw. Only for Bowden to rule, wrongly, that Lee had no balled. Oh dear oh dear, Bowden is having a shocker. Collingwood dabs a single, and then Pietersen twice thumps Lee straight down the ground. Incredible cricket!) I`ve put £100 on Australia to win in the same way I did for the Rugby World Cup final, ... It matters so much that we win that I want some financial compensation to drown my sorrows if we lose. Anyone else have some better ways of reducing the pain of such sporting events?

Coach Bowden certainly realized that speed made it happen. That`s what we`ve been trying to do here.

I used to think it was only me. Then I talked to Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden at one point and they said, `Oh we`ve been beaten up our whole lives. Understand it`s not you, big boy. You`re nothing special. It`s part of this deal and part of this job.