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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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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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Pay
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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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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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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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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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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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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 never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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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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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 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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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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