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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.

Woody Hayes

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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
Back
Really
Never
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The players fire the coach, and as long as I'm on the same wavelength with them, I can coach as long as I want to.
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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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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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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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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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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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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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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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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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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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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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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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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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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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