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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
Character
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Motivational
Boys
Success

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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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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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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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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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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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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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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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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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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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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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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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The players fire the coach, and as long as I'm on the same wavelength with them, I can coach as long as I want to.
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Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
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The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called play, the blocked punt—and most of these originate with the quarterback. Find a mistake-proof quarterback and you have this game won.
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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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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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