They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach.

Connfidence, excellence becomes a reality.

When a kid plays football before he attends a class, something is wrong.

You're only as happy as your least happy child.

There has to be some self-denial.

SMU: 'It's unbelievable to think that kind of corruption came right from the top of the power structure. The NCAA did what it had to do' in canceling SMU's 1988 football season.

My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest with yourself.'