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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.

Woody Hayes

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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
Performance
Performances
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Perfect
Piss
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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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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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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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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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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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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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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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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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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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The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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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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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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A man is always better than he thinks.
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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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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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