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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
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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 am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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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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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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