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The minute you think you have it made, disaster is just around the corner.

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

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

By Joe Paterno
Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

By Joe Paterno
You take a look at that run of Tony Hunt's and you see how (Williams) literally just busted his butt to get over there to make a play,

By Joe Paterno
Whether it is big, important, another game or not, I don't know. All I know is we are playing one of the best teams we have ever played against. Ohio State is an outstanding football team. They are extremely well-coached. There isn't a facet of their game that isn't really good. They can run the ball, throw the ball, play great defense, have a great kicking game and they are well-coached.

By Joe Paterno
We've got to find ways to get him the football, there's no question about that.

By Joe Paterno
We will have a chance to look at some kids in the summer who might influence where we go. What we play will be determined by how many kings we have and how many pawns we have.

By Joe Paterno
We tried to tell him he was a guy who could help us get better in a hurry.

By Joe Paterno
We didn't get the lineup we liked. Michael (Robinson) didn't like it.

By Joe Paterno
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.

By Joe Paterno
They respect him not only because he's a good football player, but for the kind of person he is. In that sense, he's had a very positive impact.

By Joe Paterno
They appear to be a little bigger and stronger than us physically across the board, ... This is one of the best teams that you'll ever see; not just this year, but in all the years I've been coaching.

By Joe Paterno
They do the things they have to do. They kick the ball well. They hang on to the football. They don't make it easy for you. They're adaptable. I think that's the sign of a good football team.

By Joe Paterno
there's potential to be good.

By Joe Paterno
The quarterback is new. They had an outstanding quarterback last year. They lost a lot of players.

By Joe Paterno
The only part of our game that's really not been what I'd like it to be would probably be the kickoff game. And there again you've got to give the other guy credit. I think we've done all right.

By Joe Paterno
That kid is a good quarterback, ... He scrambles well and has got a lot of poise, but we let him off the hook too many times.

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

By Joe Paterno
So we are putting 'Chase Freddie' in today, ... a Get Freddie.

By Joe Paterno
probably play the game the same way.

By Joe Paterno
Oh, that (darn) horse. Is he going to be out there on the field? I'm going to make Bobby ride him.

By Joe Paterno
Oh that (darn) horse. Are they (FSU officials) bringing that horse again? Is he going to be on our field? I'm going to make Bobby ride him, or at least clean up his dirt.

By Joe Paterno
losing hasn't bothered me as much as people might think it has. I don't come home smiling. But it may have made me a better coach.

By Joe Paterno
Let's talk about the football team. We are playing a game here on Saturday, ... Who cares about my future?

By Joe Paterno
It's a little different what you are doing in practice and when you are in a ballgame and want to make an extra yard and you get a little bit careless with the football. That should come with experience.

By Joe Paterno
It's all part of the game. A player gets hurt. Someone has to step up. The squad will encourage the other kids that will have to step in there. Sure it's a loss. We'd love to have him. But we just have to go without him, and the squad understands that.

By Joe Paterno
I thought you said this guy was good.

By Joe Paterno
I told him that he got a little careless and to forget about it.

By Joe Paterno
I think Michael Robinson is developing into a really good quarterback.

By Joe Paterno