Words matter. These are the best Joe Paterno Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
To teach an academic subject is certainly not easy, but compared to coaching, it is. We can say ‘two plus two is four’ to every kid and be sure that we are right. But in coaching, we have to literally get to the soul of the people we are dealing with.
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.
You must relate athletic experiences to life.
Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back.
Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things.
The minute you think you’ve got it made, disaster is just around the corner.
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.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won’t taste good.
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional.
I don’t think I deviated from what I’m all about and what I thought was important. Whether you want to call that a legacy, or whatever you want to call it.
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you’ll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.
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.
Publicity is like poison; it doesn’t hurt unless you swallow it.
When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong.
The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back.
It doesn’t matter what people think of me. I’ve lived my life.
I’m not as concerned about me. What’s happened to me has been great. I got five great kids. Seventeen grandchildren.
