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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.

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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Motivational
Boys
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Character

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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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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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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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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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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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A man is always better than he thinks.
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Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach.
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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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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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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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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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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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