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I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.

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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
Never
Tackle
Smile
Saws
Football
Player
Face
Faces
Make

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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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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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We do not pull in and fill up. And I'll tell you why we don't. It's because I don't buy one goddamn drop of gas in the state of Michigan. We'll coast and push this goddamn car to the Ohio line before I give this state a nickel of my money.
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There's nothing in this world that comes easy. There are a lot of people who aren't going to bother to win. We learn in football to get up and go once more.
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