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….

We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure..

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

Keep hustling, something good will happen..

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital..

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

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

Failure is not getting beat. Failure is when you don't do a good job preparing..

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….

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

You can't have a great university without a great library..

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle..

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy..

They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coa….

The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner..

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 watch….

We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have any convictio….

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

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 th….

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 defea….