I looked at my watch 1230, quarter to one. I kept saying to myself, 'When are we going to get this thing over
More Quotes from Joe Paterno:
The only thing I have control over, ... is to try to get our football team to play as well as it can play, and have them realize they are playing against a team which has talent, coaching and tradition. And we are on the road before 110,000 people. Unless you're stupid, you've got to understand that.Joe Paterno
We've got to be careful we're not tired. It's still gonna come down to whether you can suck it up against some really good people and find out how good you are.
Joe Paterno
I probably had more confidence that we were close than any of you guys did and in fact some of the people in the administration. I had a good feeling about the team, I really did.
Joe Paterno
I do think we have to understand that the team's going to come in rested, no bumps and bruises, and had a week to look over what we've been doing, ... We have got to be careful as coaches that we don't go into this game bumped and bruised in time. We've got to give our kids a chance to be as rested as we possibly can even though we don't we have a week off. We've got to be intelligent in the way we coach this week. We can't over-coach them.
Joe Paterno
The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner.
Joe Paterno
He could play, but the doctors think there could be some nerve damage if he bangs that elbow again. It's not worth the risk. He's too good of a football player with too much ahead of him to take that kind of chance. It's a big loss for us because he's one of the great players in America. He and Michael Robinson are probably the two guys who turned the program around. That and the fact that we're still playing good on defense.
Joe Paterno
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