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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
Always
Men
Thinking
Coaching
Thinks
Better

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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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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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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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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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Anything easy ain't 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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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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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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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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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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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
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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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Because I couldn't go for three.
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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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