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I think that this team has played so well together that they've played themselves into being a good team. I told the team before the season that we weren't going to practice to win six or seven games. Now, fortunately, things have worked out for us.
By Joe Paterno
I think we played a pretty good football game overall. I think we played as well as we could at this time of the year.
By Joe Paterno
I said after we beat South Florida, that was a fine team. But nobody was paying any attention to me.
By Joe Paterno
I looked at my watch 12:30, quarter to one. I kept saying to myself, 'When are we going to get this thing over?
By Joe Paterno
I feel good about the team. I just don't know whether I've done the right job in getting them ready. Anything I've asked them to do, they've done. Now, whether I've asked them to do the right things is something I've got to constantly evaluate.
By Joe Paterno
I don't look at it as something personal. All I wanted to do was make sure everyone knew that we have a good football team.
By Joe Paterno
I feel for Paul. He's one of those kids that's never been hurt. He's not only a great player, but he's a great person.
By Joe Paterno
I don't know how else to say it. An element of the job that I loved has been taken away from me.
By Joe Paterno
I can run around and yell at people, scream at people. Everything I could do when I was a younger coach.
By Joe Paterno
He is a good football player. He is not a great football player. But the fact that he has gone through this I think has helped him with some other kids. He has been able to go to other kids and talk to them a little.
By Joe Paterno
Cincinnati should have beaten Ohio State the year they won the national championship, ... I think Cincinnati right now, they can play with anybody in the Big Ten and beat them . . . anybody, whether it's Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State or whomever it may be.
By Joe Paterno
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
By Joe Paterno
[For the second consecutive week, timeouts were used by Beaver Stadium crew members to rush out on the field and replace divots.] This week and last week is the first time I can remember in a long, long time that we had have that kind of situation, ... It isn't because we have been on that field a lot, because we haven't.
By Joe Paterno
[I'm not here] necessarily to praise the quality of the recruiting class, although I think it's a good one. I just wanted to make sure that everybody knows I thought the [staff] did a great job. And when I say [staff], I mean everyone in this building.
By Joe Paterno