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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.

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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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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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Football represents and embodies everything that's great about this country, because the United States of America is built on winners, not losers or people who didn't bother to play.
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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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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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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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It does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth
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Because I couldn't go for three.
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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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When I look in the mirror in the morning, I want to take a swing at me.
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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 never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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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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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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