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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
Perfect
Piss
Prevents
Preparation
Performance
Performances
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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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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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The only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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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 height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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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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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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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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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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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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I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
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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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