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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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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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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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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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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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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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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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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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