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Nothing that comes easy in this world is 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
Comes
Nothing
World
Damn
Worth
Easy

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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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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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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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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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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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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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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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A man is always better than he thinks.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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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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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.
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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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