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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
Strategy
Football
Game
Games
Tactics

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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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It's never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team.
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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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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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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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The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called play, the blocked punt—and most of these originate with the quarterback. Find a mistake-proof quarterback and you have this game won.
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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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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Because I couldn't go for three.
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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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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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I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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I recruited a Czech kicker, and during the eye exam, when asked to read the bottom line, the kicker replied, Read it? I know him.
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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