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

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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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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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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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Because I couldn't go for three.
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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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The only way we'd get beaten was if we got a little fat-headed, if we didn't train right, if we had dissension on the squad.
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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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A man is always better than he thinks.
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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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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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 bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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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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You'll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. Never.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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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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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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