"QUOTABLE JOE" -- WORDS AND WISDOM BY AND ABOUT HIM.By L. Budd Thalman Pp. 157. Illustrated. TowleHouse Pub., Nashville, TN, $14.95 Nobody in football has more wit and wisdom -- and a lot of other distinctive qualities -- than the legend of Happy Valley (Penn State). Joe Paterno Joseph Vincent Paterno (born December 21, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York), nicknamed JoePa, is the head coach of Pennsylvania State University's college football team, a position he has held since 1966. has been quotable quot·a·ble adj. Suitable for or worthy of quoting: a quotable slogan; a quotable pundit. quot from the day he took over a practice 50 years ago. Brilliant, esthetic es·thet·ic adj. Variant of aesthetic. , broadly read (who can get broadly red when you bug him), aggressively ethical, witty, and extremely articulate, Joe Pa. Can disgorge verbal gems at the drop of a hat on football. Budd Thalman has collected a goodly good·ly adj. good·li·er, good·li·est 1. Of pleasing appearance; comely. 2. Quite large; considerable: a goodly sum. number of them, covering everything from mother love, opera, and coaching football to how to lose football games and hate it. The very nice thing about practically all of these quotes is that they truly reflect the many sides of a remarkable man. You believe he said all these things and is the kind of person everyone believes he is. |
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