There has to be some self-denial.

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.

Failure is not getting beat. Failure is when you don't do a good job preparing.

Everybody likes to win. It sure beats the devil out of losing.

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

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.

There has to be some self-denial.