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

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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
Trying
Poll
Polls
Popularity
Football
Winning
Games

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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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Football represents and embodies everything that's great about this country, because the United States of America is built on winners, not losers or people who didn't bother to play.
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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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I don't apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there. I just despise to lose, and that has taken a man of mediocre ability and made a pretty good coach out of him.
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It does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth
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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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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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