Joe Paterno Quotes
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SMU: 'It's unbelievable to think that kind of corruption came right from the top of the power structure. The NCAA did what it had to do' in canceling SMU's 1988 football season.
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We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.
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Connfidence, excellence becomes a reality.
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Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back.
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Keep hustling, something good will happen.
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Success is best measured by the achiever.
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What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.
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Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.
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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 contained within victory. That's the way it is in the best of games. What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.
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I had a great bunch of kids. They all hung with us. The coaching staff hung with us. And we played tough every game. If you've got kids that want to play and react to you, it's fun. I'm having a good time.
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In hindsight, I wish I had done more.
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Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
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Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
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You can't have a great university without a great library.
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There's never been a greater game than football.
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My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest with yourself.'
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When a kid plays football before he attends a class, something is wrong.
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The kids that were the victims ... I think we all ought to say a prayer for them.
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There has to be some self-denial.
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You're only as happy as your least happy child.
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If I had to do it over again, I'd probably play the game the same way.
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All coaches are thinking men, or else they wouldn't survive.
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You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
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Today, you've got a decision to make. You're gonna get better or you're gonna get worse, but you're not gonna stay the same. Which will it be?
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Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.
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The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
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What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.
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We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have any convictions.
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Right now I'm trying to figure out what I'm gonna do, 'cause I don't want to sit around on my backside all day. If I'm gonna do that I'll be a newspaper reporter.
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You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.
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