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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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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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You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
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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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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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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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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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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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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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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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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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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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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 only meaningful statistic is number of games won.
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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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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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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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