Joe Paterno Quotes

I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.

You tell me you want to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat you. My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.

When we're doing everything we can to win, it's very fun.

I want to have fun on the pitch in the training sessions and have fun and win during the matches.

I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.

I know for a fact entertainment is more important than winning.

It's a lot more fun when you're winning than losing.

As a sportsman, you always play to win. Having said that, it's not possible to win every day. There will be days when you will do well and there will be days you won't.

I love getting out of bed for competition.

I like to win, I like to compete and I like to sack the quarterback. I imagine there's a team out there looking for that.

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

The first Monopoly game I played with my brothers, I hated losing so much, I just had to beat them.

I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.

What are we out at the park for, except to win?

Losing is not fun. It's terrible to lose. But in order to have fun winning, you have to go thouigh some pain of losing.

Got to play, man. Got to play hard.

If we have a good day and we win, I'll celebrate and enjoy it. If I have a bad day and I lose, I'll be disappointed and then come back the next day and think about the next team.

I'm just really excited every time I play a match.

I always want to win when I play, but sometimes I just can't get that interested all the time.

I've never been a numbers guy. Numbers don't excite me. Winning games excites me.

In a competition, there's always winners and losers. And I think everyone is here to win, which makes it fun for us all.

I used to be short-tempered on the field when it came to winning or losing.

Obviously, I'm going to go out there and want to win. Don't get me wrong. But I'm not going to not have fun or not enjoy myself at the same time.

I love playing special teams. It's fun, it's like 'Braveheart' sometimes but it's a lot of fun.

Playing basketball at MSG is a lot of fun when you are winning, but when you are not, it's not fun.