Quotes of Joe Paterno - somelinesforyou

“ Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things. ”

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

“ There are many people, particularly in sports, who think that success and excellence are the same thing. They are not the same thing. Excellence is something that is lasting and dependable and largely within a person's control. In contrast, success is perishable and is often outside our control. If you strive for excellence, you will probably be successful eventually. People who put excellence in the first place have the patience to end up with success. An additional burden for the victim of the success mentality is that he is threatened by the success of others and he resents real excellence. In contrast, the person that is fascinated by quality is excited when he sees it in others. ”

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

“ Act like you expect to get into the end zone. ”

- Joe Paterno

“ Both teams played as hard as they can play. Both teams overcame a lot of adversity. ”

- Joe Paterno

“ Two things create fumbles: lack of courage and the other is lack of concentration,... In our case, it's lack of concentration. I'm sure it's lack of concentration. ”

- Joe Paterno

“ What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle. ”

- Joe Paterno

“ Both teams played as hard as they can play. Both teams overcame a lot of adversity. ”

- Joe Paterno

“ I have gotten in trouble with the coaches' association because I voted for three teams to be No. 1. They said, 'You can't do that. You will screw up the computer.'. ”

- Joe Paterno

“ I got a call from the president's office one day, he was getting all kinds of complaints because I wasn't answering my e-mail. ”

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

“ The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back. ”

- 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, excellency becomes a reality. ”

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

“ When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellency becomes a reality. ”

- Joe Paterno

“ When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellency becomes a reality. ”

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

“ When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellency becomes a reality. ”

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

“ When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellency becomes a reality. ”

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

“ He wants to play. The doctors are concerned because he had a very severe broken arm and... if we did something with him there could be nerve damage. ”

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno

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

- Joe Paterno
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