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Joe Paterno quotes: Everybody likes to win. It sure beats the devil out of losing.

Everybody likes to win. It sure beats the devil out of losing.

Joe Paterno quotes: 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?

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?

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

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

Joe Paterno quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I really enjoyed coaching.

I really enjoyed coaching.

Joe Paterno quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

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

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

Joe Paterno quotes: Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back.

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

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

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

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

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

Joe Paterno quotes: When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong.

When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong.

Joe Paterno quotes: I still haven't gotten that little something out of my system that I'm still not a kid going to a football game. I'm excited.

I still haven't gotten that little something out of my system that I'm still not a kid going to a football game. I'm excited.

Joe Paterno quotes: Keep hustling, something good will happen,

Keep hustling, something good will happen,

Joe Paterno quotes: Success is best measured by the achiever.

Success is best measured by the achiever.

Joe Paterno quotes: The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back.

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

Joe Paterno quotes: The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

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

Joe Paterno quotes: 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.'

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.'

Joe Paterno quotes: You can't have a great university without a great library.

You can't have a great university without a great library.

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

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

Joe Paterno quotes: There's never been a greater game than football.

There's never been a greater game than football.

Joe Paterno quotes: My name, I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it's gone.

My name, I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it's gone.

Joe Paterno quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Joe Paterno quotes: If I had to do it over again, I'd probably play the game the same way.

If I had to do it over again, I'd probably play the game the same way.

Joe Paterno quotes: When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

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

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

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

Joe Paterno quotes: There has to be some self-denial.

There has to be some self-denial.

Joe Paterno quotes: I've had a wonderful experience here at Penn State.

I've had a wonderful experience here at Penn State.

Joe Paterno quotes: You must relate athletic experiences to life.

You must relate athletic experiences to life.

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

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

Joe Paterno quotes: Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.

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

Joe Paterno quotes: The kids that were the victims ... I think we all ought to say a prayer for them,

The kids that were the victims ... I think we all ought to say a prayer for them,

Joe Paterno quotes: Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

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

Joe Paterno quotes: All coaches are thinking men, or else they wouldn't survive.

All coaches are thinking men, or else they wouldn't survive.

Joe Paterno quotes: 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 his own.

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 his own.