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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!

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
Damn
Worth
Easy
Anything

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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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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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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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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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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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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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The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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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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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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You don't get hurt running straight ahead...three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense. I will pound you and pound you until you quit.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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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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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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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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I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
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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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