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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.

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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Winners
Dedicated
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Army
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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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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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