Quote

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

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
Time
Ethics
Respect
Doesn
Kids
Give
Giving
Cheapen
Something
Includes
Men
Earn

More quotes by Woody Hayes

Image
You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
Woody Hayes
Image
The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
Woody Hayes
Image
You don't get hurt running straight ahead...three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense. I will pound you and pound you until you quit.
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
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
Jack Tatum could hit a man so hard that it would lift both his feet off the ground.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
Woody Hayes
Image
Because I couldn't go for three.
Woody Hayes
Image
A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
Woody Hayes
Image
Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
Woody Hayes
Image
To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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
The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
Woody Hayes
Image
The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
Woody Hayes