127 Quotes by Joe Paterno

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

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.

Success and excellence are not the same. Excellence grows within a person, is largely within that person's control, and its meaning lasts. Success is measured externally, by comparison to others, is often outside our control, and is perishable.

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.

Today, you've got a decision to make. You're gonna get better or you're gonna get worse, but you're not gonna stay the same. Which will it be?

To teach an academic subject is certainly not easy, but compared to coaching, it is. We can say 'two plus two is four' to every kid and be sure that we are right. But in coaching, we have to literally get to the soul of the people we are dealing with.

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

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