Joe Paterno Games Quotations

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

If I had to do it over again, I'd probably play the game the same way.

A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and defeat is contained within victory. That's the way it is in the best of games. What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

I had a great bunch of kids. They all hung with us. The coaching staff hung with us. And we played tough every game. If you've got kids that want to play and react to you, it's fun. I'm having a good time.

I still haven't gotten that little something out of my system that I'm still not a kid going to a football game. I'm excited.

There's never been a greater game than football.

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.