Joe Paterno Quotes

I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players' lives. I like the fact that they're student-athletes. I like to see those kids graduate.

I feel blessed that I had an opportunity to be in the Big Ten for four years as a player and be in the Big Ten as a coach for eight years. To get 12 years in a conference like the Big Ten - it's a first-class league with great towns and great fans.

I want to thank the people at UMass, Memphis, and Kentucky for giving Ellen and I an opportunity to coach at three great institutions.

I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.

My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.

You have a lot of ups and downs in coaching, especially, but I can't remember any bad times at this point. I mean, they're all good. A lot of tears when you lose, a lot of down times, but I can't remember any of them. They're all positive now. Even the bad times were good.

I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.

A lot of people talk about the one-and-done attitude of college athletes, but if you look at the University of Kentucky, we do build winners.

I coach at Rutgers University and help out there as a part-time assistant coach. I feel like the coach is kind of in me, and it would also be great exposure, so I'd be down for it, for sure.

A lot of people have said, 'Why not take a smaller school head job?' I honestly feel my growth was better being in a large program, being around Coach Saban, and learning how to manage a lot of the tough situations you deal with in the media.

I got to know Peyton Manning when he was a high school junior and I was the offensive coordinator at Mississippi State.

So, college was kind of the only option that I looked at, and I was fortunate to have great coaches when I was at UCLA. They helped me improve on and off the court.

I get to work with the best and the brightest at UCLA. We get to recruit great kids, and that makes coaching very fun for me.

I'm thankful for the experience and to be able to coach other young people on their journey through college football. It's a privilege.

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives

Coming all the way from one scholarship offer, you know, Coach Bohl and Coach Vigen, they believed in me when I came out of junior college.

I worked under Francis Schmidt, and he was the biggest influence on my coaching career.

My dad was a big Woody Hayes guy.

I'm a collegiate All-American athlete and earned a master's degree in education from Florida State University.

With the inexperience I do have, I feel so fortunate to be around Wade Phillips.

Even at North Dakota State, football is a big deal.

As far as the bowl games, I don't think the players really play for that. Not at USC.

I've been very fortunate and blessed to have been able to play football at LSU.

I surround myself with good people who make me feel great and give me positive energy.