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

Quote by Joe Paterno

Topics: Excellence Quotes

I'm not sure they believed me, but they didn't fire me.

I'm not sure they believed me, but they didn't fire me.

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

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

I still haven't gotten that little something out of my system that I'm still not...

I still haven't gotten that little something out of my system that I'm still not...

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.

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.

People say to me, 'Why don't you give it up?' ...I don't want to miss...

People say to me, 'Why don't you give it up?' ...I don't want to miss...

I'm proud of them. I don't know what to say. I'm proud of them, but...

I'm proud of them. I don't know what to say. I'm proud of them, but...

I don't know how else to say it. An element of the job that I...

I don't know how else to say it. An element of the job that I...

Lots of things have passed me by, but coaching isn't one of them.

Lots of things have passed me by, but coaching isn't one of them.

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

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

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.

I think we played a pretty good football game overall. I think we played as...

I think we played a pretty good football game overall. I think we played as...

I appreciate the fans and all that kind of stuff. It's kind of fun to...

I appreciate the fans and all that kind of stuff. It's kind of fun to...

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.

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

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

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

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

Those kinds of things all kind of pop into your head, and you try to...

Those kinds of things all kind of pop into your head, and you try to...

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

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

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

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

I knew we needed to go out and get players who could scare people.

I knew we needed to go out and get players who could scare people.