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The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.

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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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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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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 don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.
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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 never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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I recruited a Czech kicker, and during the eye exam, when asked to read the bottom line, the kicker replied, Read it? I know him.
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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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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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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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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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The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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Because I couldn't go for three.
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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