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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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The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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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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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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Jack Tatum could hit a man so hard that it would lift both his feet off the ground.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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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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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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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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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 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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When I look in the mirror in the morning, I want to take a swing at me.
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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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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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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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