Joe Paterno : (4) " The minute you think you’ve got it made, disaster is just around the corner. " - Joe Paterno " Mostly I want to talk positive; I wanna talk about a bunch of great kids that I coached and made me look good and the university that I’ve seen grow from a cow college, which it was, only 12,000 people, and when I came here, we weren’t at Pennsylvania State University, we were at Penn State College. " - Joe Paterno " I don’t think it’s fair to 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds to say ‘Show us you’re a winner right now!’ Winning isn’t everything. I’ll never buy that thing that if a boy loses a football game, he’s a loser in life. " - Joe Paterno " You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional. " - Joe Paterno