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" I don't think I deviated from what I'm all about and what I thought was important. Whether you want to call that a legacy, or whatever you want to call it. "

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" I really enjoyed coaching. "

" My thing was play as hard as you can, don't be stupid, pay attention to details, and have enough guts in the clutch that you're not afraid to make a play. Some things I thought were important for a young man to know. "

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

" We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation. "

" We have to realize a kid will love us one day and hate us the next. That cannot change who we are and what we are about. "

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

" You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit. "

" In every life, there have to be some shadows. Look at me. My life has been filled with sunshine. A beautiful and caring wife. Five healthy children. I got to do what I loved. How many people are that lucky? "

" Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back. "

" Coaches have got to be given rank within the university so that you can't fire a coach unless you go through an academic committee, just as you would with a professor. If coaches are to have any stability and security, they need to be treated like an English professor. "

" 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. "

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

" The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back. "

" What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence over young people than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families. "

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

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

" I've had a wonderful experience here at Penn State. "

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

" 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. "

" Here, I have an opportunity to affect the lives of a lot of young people - and not just on my football team. I'm not kidding myself that that would be true at the professional level. "

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

" I'm not as concerned about me. What's happened to me has been great. I got five great kids. Seventeen grandchildren. "

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

" Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it. "