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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
Chances
Pay
Chance
Back
Take
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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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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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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When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.
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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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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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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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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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