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Because I couldn't go for three.

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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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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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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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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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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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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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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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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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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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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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The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
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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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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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