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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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Games

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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 game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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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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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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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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Because I couldn't go for three.
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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 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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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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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 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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The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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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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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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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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