Joe Paterno
Joe Paterno
Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno, sometimes referred to as "JoePa", was an American college football player, and later athletic director and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011. With 409 victories, Paterno was the most successful coach in NCAA FBS history. His career ended with his dismissal from the team in November, 2011 as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 December 1924
CountryUnited States of America
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
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.
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
Success is best measured by the achiever.
What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.
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.
You can't have a great university without a great library.
Everybody likes to win. It sure beats the devil out of losing.
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.
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.
Failure is not getting beat. Failure is when you don't do a good job preparing.
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.
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.
Connfidence, excellence becomes a reality.