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Joe Paterno Quotes
«The only thing I wanted to do is try to get us back to where we were a good football team and we could be very competitive and make some plays we hadn't made. We got that done and I feel good about that.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
«It's very flattering. The only thing I feel sometimes is that the head coach gets too much credit. I think sometimes it ought to be coaching staff of the year.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
«I think Paul is as good of a linebacker as there is in the country. I think he has done everything you could ask a kid to do. He has played almost every play. He plays the pass well and plays the run well. He is a great leader.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
«He is quick as a cat.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
«Basically, all we want is for the kids to win the game; we don't want the officials to lose the game. And the officials don't want to lose the game. We put them in positions sometimes where it's impossible now for them to be on top of every play.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
«To be honest, Mack deserves to be up here. I guess at 79 years of age, it was my last shot. But seriously, Mack is a friend and I congratulate him on a great year.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
«This year has been one of the most rewarding. To win this one this way at the end of the year, it's a great tribute to these kids and to a great coaching staff. It was great to cap it off with a win like this.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
«I got a call from the [Penn State] president's office one day, he was getting all kinds of complaints because I wasn't answering my e-mail.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
«What's the difference? I could [not] care less. I couldn't care if Bob got 450 wins. I like Bob. I like what he's done. My wife likes his wife. Come on, what's it matter?»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)
«Oh... that darn horse. Is he going to be on the field? I ought to make Bobby ride him. Well, when I first started to coach we played Army, and Army used to have a mule, and that thing would go up and down the sideline. You know, they are not house trained, and neither are horses. And I stepped in something that the mule dropped.»
Author: Joe Paterno
(Football coach)