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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
Rules
Leadership
Positive
Attitude
Control
Sports
Attitudes
Mental

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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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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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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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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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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 most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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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 never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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Without winners, there would be no civilization.
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A man is always better than he thinks.
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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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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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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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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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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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