Some years you get bad luck. Some years you make some mistakes. Some years kids show up and they're not as good as we think they're gonna be.

Quote by Joe Paterno

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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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

I'm not going to get carried away with one win. I'm pleased, but this isn't...

I'm not going to get carried away with one win. I'm pleased, but this isn't...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...