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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.

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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
Pay
Back
Trying
Always
Never
Forward

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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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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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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
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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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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.
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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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It's never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team.
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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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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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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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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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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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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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