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A man is always better than he thinks.

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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
Better
Always
Men
Thinking
Coaching
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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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When I look in the mirror in the morning, I want to take a swing at me.
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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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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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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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The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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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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You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.
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Because I couldn't go for three.
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The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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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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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.
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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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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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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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