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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.

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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
Football
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Games
Tactics
Strategy

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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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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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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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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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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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I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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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 love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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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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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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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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