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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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Boys
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It's never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team.
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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
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Jack Tatum could hit a man so hard that it would lift both his feet off the ground.
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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.
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I recruited a Czech kicker, and during the eye exam, when asked to read the bottom line, the kicker replied, Read it? I know him.
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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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The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
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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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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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We do not pull in and fill up. And I'll tell you why we don't. It's because I don't buy one goddamn drop of gas in the state of Michigan. We'll coast and push this goddamn car to the Ohio line before I give this state a nickel of my money.
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The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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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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The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
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