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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.

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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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Preparation
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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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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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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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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 most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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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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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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The players fire the coach, and as long as I'm on the same wavelength with them, I can coach as long as I want to.
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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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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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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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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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