Joe Paterno Quotations | Page 2

Sport is a product of human culture. America seems to need football at this state of our social development. When you get ninety million people watching a single game on television, it ... shows you that people need something to identify with.

The kids that were the victims ... I think we all ought to say a prayer for them,

Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.

When a kid plays football before he attends a class, something is wrong.

You must relate athletic experiences to life.

What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.

I stayed on the track I wanted to stay on. I don’t think I deviated from what I’m all about and what I thought was important. Whether you want to call that a legacy, or whatever you want to call it.

There's never been a greater game than football.

There has to be some self-denial.

My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest with yourself.'