Quotes by Joe Paterno

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Joseph Vincent is the winningest coach in FBS history. His career ended with his dismissal from the team as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
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I've had a wonderful experience here at Penn State.

Joe Paterno

We have to realize a kid will love us one day and hate us the next. That cannot change who we are and what we are about.

Joe Paterno

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.

Joe Paterno

I'm not as concerned about me. What's happened to me has been great. I got five great kids. Seventeen grandchildren.

Joe Paterno

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.

Joe Paterno

Mostly I want to talk positive; I wanna talk about a bunch of great kids that I coached and made me look good and the university that I've seen grow from a cow college, which it was, only 12,000 people, and when I came here, we weren't at Pennsylvani...

Joe Paterno

We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation.

Joe Paterno

In every life, there have to be some shadows. Look at me. My life has been filled with sunshine. A beautiful and caring wife. Five healthy children. I got to do what I loved. How many people are that lucky?

Joe Paterno

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

Joe Paterno

You must relate athletic experiences to life.

Joe Paterno

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 buy that thing that if a boy loses a football game, he's a loser in life.

Joe Paterno

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Joe Paterno

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

Joe Paterno

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

Joe Paterno

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

Joe Paterno

Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

Joe Paterno

Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.

Joe Paterno

The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner.

Joe Paterno

Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back.

Joe Paterno

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Joe Paterno

Author Bio

  • NameJoe Paterno
  • DescriptionAmerican college football coach
  • BornDecember 21, 1926
  • DiedJanuary 22, 2012
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Gridiron Football Player