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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.

Woody Hayes

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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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When I look in the mirror in the morning, I want to take a swing at me.
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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.
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In football we always said that the other team couldn't beat us. We had to be sure that we didn't beat ourselves. And that's what people have to do, too - make sure they don't beat themselves.
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The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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There's nothing in this world that comes easy. There are a lot of people who aren't going to bother to win. We learn in football to get up and go once more.
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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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