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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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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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The only way we'd get beaten was if we got a little fat-headed, if we didn't train right, if we had dissension on the squad.
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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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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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The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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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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It does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth
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Because I couldn't go for three.
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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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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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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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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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