Quote

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.

Woody Hayes

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
Team
Sure
Didn
Believe
Make
Beat
Always
Beats
People
Couldn
Football

More quotes by Woody Hayes

Image
Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
Woody Hayes
Image
When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.
Woody Hayes
Image
Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
Woody Hayes
Image
Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
Woody Hayes
Image
Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
Woody Hayes
Image
We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
Woody Hayes
Image
Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
Woody Hayes
Image
Without winners, there would be no civilization.
Woody Hayes
Image
I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.
Woody Hayes
Image
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
Woody Hayes
Image
I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
Woody Hayes
Image
I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
Woody Hayes
Image
No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
It's never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team.
Woody Hayes
Image
I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
Woody Hayes
Image
You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes