Joe Paterno Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Mostly I want to talk positive; I wanna talk about a bunch of great kids that I coached and made me look good and the university that I've seen grow from a cow college, which it was, only 12,000 people, and when I came here, we weren't at Pennsylvania State University, we were at Penn State College.”

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

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