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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
Mental
Rules
Leadership
Positive
Attitude
Control
Sports
Attitudes

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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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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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I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
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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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In football we always said that the other team couldn't beat us. We had to be sure that we didn't beat ourselves. And that's what people have to do, too - make sure they don't beat themselves.
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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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You don't get hurt running straight ahead...three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense. I will pound you and pound you until you quit.
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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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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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A man is always better than he thinks.
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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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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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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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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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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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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 bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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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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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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