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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
Leadership
Positive
Attitude
Control
Sports
Attitudes
Mental
Rules

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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.
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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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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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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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I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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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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The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.
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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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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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The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
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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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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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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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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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