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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 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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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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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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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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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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Jack Tatum could hit a man so hard that it would lift both his feet off the ground.
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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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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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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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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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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The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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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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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
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