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

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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
Leadership
Positive
Attitude
Control
Sports
Attitudes
Mental
Rules

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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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I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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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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The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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A man is always better than he thinks.
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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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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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
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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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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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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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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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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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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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