When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong. — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
When a kid plays football before he attends a class, something is wrong. — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit. — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
I'm not going to get carried away with one win. I'm pleased, but this isn't the end of the road. — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
I don't think it's fair to 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds to say 'Show us you're a winner right now!' Winning isn't everything.… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
SMU: 'It's unbelievable to think that kind of corruption came right from the top of the power structure. The NCAA did what… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
Here, I have an opportunity to affect the lives of a lot of young people - and not just on my football… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
“You're never as good as you think you are when you win; and you're never as bad as you feel when you… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
I still haven't gotten that little something out of my system that I'm still not a kid going to a football game.… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
I think we played a pretty good football game overall. I think we played as well as we could at this time… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
I appreciate the fans and all that kind of stuff. It's kind of fun to hear it, as just another football game. — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
Coaches have got to be given rank within the university so that you can't fire a coach unless you go through an… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
To teach an academic subject is certainly not easy, but compared to coaching, it is. We can say 'two plus two is… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
Sport is a product of human culture. America seems to need football at this state of our social development. When you get… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy. — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and defeat is… — Joe Paterno Copy Share
“You're never as good as you think you are when you win; and you're never as bad as you feel when you lose.” — Joe Paterno Copy Share
I'm not as concerned about me. What's happened to me has been great. I got five great kids. Seventeen grandchildren. — Joe Paterno Copy Share
Those kinds of things all kind of pop into your head, and you try to rectify them by looking at it, making some changes… — Joe Paterno Copy Share
In every life, there have to be some shadows. Look at me. My life has been filled with sunshine. A beautiful and caring wife.… — Joe Paterno Copy Share
Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game around on… — Joe Paterno Copy Share
I think we played a pretty good football game overall. I think we played as well as we could at this time of the… — Joe Paterno Copy Share
I don't think it's fair to 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds to say 'Show us you're a winner right now!' Winning isn't everything. I'll never… — Joe Paterno Copy Share
I appreciate the fans and all that kind of stuff. It's kind of fun to hear it, as just another football game. — Joe Paterno Copy Share
