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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.

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
Sports
Attitudes
Mental
Rules
Leadership
Positive
Attitude
Control

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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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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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Jack Tatum could hit a man so hard that it would lift both his feet off the ground.
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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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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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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 minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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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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No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
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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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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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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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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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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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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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