The will to win is important, ...

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

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe

Quotes from the same author

Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.
 Joe Paterno
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
 Joe Paterno
To teach an academic subject is certainly not easy, but compared to coaching, it is. We can say two plus two is four to every kid and be sure that we are right. But in coaching, we have to literally get to the soul of the people we are dealing with.
 Joe Paterno
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
 Joe Paterno
Success is best measured by the achiever.
 Joe Paterno