Joe Paterno
Joe Paterno
Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno, sometimes referred to as "JoePa", was an American college football player, and later athletic director and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011. With 409 victories, Paterno was the most successful coach in NCAA FBS history. His career ended with his dismissal from the team in November, 2011 as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 December 1924
CountryUnited States of America
I said here are the two best players to ever play at Penn State.
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.
I don't think there's any football player who's done more to rejuvenate a squad than Michael Robinson has done. Michael Robinson is one of the greatest football players I've ever coached and I've coached a couple of pretty good ones.
Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game around on his own.
(The team doctors) think he's got some ligament problems, but they are going to wait and do an MRI on him as soon as they can and find out just how serious it may be. It's a tough break for him.
I was thinking 'When are we going to get this thing over. I looked at my watch at one point and it was three hours past my bedtime and we were still playing.
We have to understand that if you are going to be really good, you can't make some little mistakes. When (quarterback) Michael Robinson got sacked and fumbled the ball (last Saturday against South Florida) without knowing there was a backside guy coming, we had a terrible job done by someone.
One play here or one play there and they could have had it, but we got it. It was a great football game with two teams playing as hard as they can play, and it came down to one play.
One play here, one play there and it could have gone the other way. But we got it, and I'll take it.
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.
You have to learn to pace yourself and learn what you do well.
You guys can pick on me all you want, but I don't pay any attention to you, because I don't have to. I don't give darn what you guys think, to be honest with you.
We didn't get the (defensive) lineup we thought we were going to get. It's a good thing that (Kelly) put it through, because he had to kick it.
We came close to being an undefeated football team.