A Quote by James Brown

We can never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in an of itself.

James Brown

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James Brown
American - Musician
May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006

From now on, anyone raped at Penn State should just tell Joe Paterno's statue. It couldn't help you any less than the real Joe would have.

Jim Norton

Once Joe Paterno learned that his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was showering with a young boy in the Penn State football locker room, he had two choices: think of the child as his own and call police. Or not. He chose the latter.

Christine Pelosi

I've always been a great fan of the state of Pennsylvania. One of the people - one of the people that I admired the most in college athletics was Joe Paterno.

Bobby Knight

I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley.

Leslie Fiedler

Joe Paterno was a dictator.

Rodney Erickson

Take away what we love, wed all be Joe Paterno.

Joe Budden

Joe Paterno left this world with a clear conscience.

Jay Paterno

I'm not Joe Paterno. Somebody didn't come and tell me Bernie Fine did something and I'm hiding it.

Jim Boeheim

I have a graduate degree from Penn State. I studied at Penn State under a noted Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. I had an interest in thrillers, and it occurred to me that Hemingway wrote many action scenes: the war scenes in 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' come to mind. But the scenes don't feel pulpy.

David Morrell

Joe Paterno was a well-educated man, and he was also a man from a different time.

Joe Posnanski

Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno?

Pete Rose

It's one thing to be a cynic or an opponent of Jim Harbaugh if you're a fan of Ohio State or Michigan State or Penn State or an SEC school.

Kirk Herbstreit

I will put my Butkus (Award) in storage. I will put my Alamo Bowl MVP trophy in storage. Jerseys, anything Penn State, in storage. Wherever Tom Bradley goes, that's the school I will start to put memorabilia up in my home. I'm done. I'm done with Penn State. If they're done with us, I'm done with them.

LaVar Arrington

It is important that people support prisoners of the Italian state like Joe in whatever way they can. I was not allowed contact with a lawyer for the first 24 hours, and no phone calls were permitted, but apparently telegrams have been getting through to Joe.