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.

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

Today, you've got a decision to make. You're gonna get better or you're gonna get worse, but you're not gonna stay the same. Which will it be?

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

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

Keep hustling, something good will happen.

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

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

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

In hindsight, I wish I had done more.

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

Achievement is not important, attempt is...!

There will never be great architects or architecture without great patrons.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.

After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’

Something there is moves me to love, and I Do know I love, but know not how, nor why.

Girls throw their panties on the stage, but rarely if ever do they fit.

Jam! I love my jam. I've just had a batch of it come through, I've been making it.

When the darkness of dismay comes, endure until it is over, because out of it will come that following of Jesus which is an unspeakable joy.

Don't explain, enjoy.