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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.

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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
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The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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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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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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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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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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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
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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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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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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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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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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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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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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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