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A man is always better than he thinks.

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
Always
Men
Thinking
Coaching
Thinks
Better

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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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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 am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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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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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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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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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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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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The only way we'd get beaten was if we got a little fat-headed, if we didn't train right, if we had dissension on the squad.
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The only meaningful statistic is number of games 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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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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When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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