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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
Kids, Two, People
Joe Paterno's speech to high school coaches in Hershey, Pennsylvania (February 5, 1993), as quoted in "A candid look at the life of Penn State coach Joe Paterno" by Joe Posnanski, www.today.com. August 21, 2012.
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