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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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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
Anyway
Losing
Leadership
Sports
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