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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
Woody Hayes
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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
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Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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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 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.
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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.
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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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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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I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.
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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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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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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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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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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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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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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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