Quote

I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.

Woody Hayes

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
May
Able
Many
People
Outwork
Outsmart
Ems

More quotes by Woody Hayes

Image
Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
Woody Hayes
Image
I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
Woody Hayes
Image
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.
Woody Hayes
Image
When you're winning - you don't need any friends. When you're losing - you don't have any friends anyway.
Woody Hayes
Image
I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
Woody Hayes
Image
Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
Woody Hayes
Image
Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
Woody Hayes
Image
Paralyze resistance with persistence.
Woody Hayes
Image
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.
Woody Hayes
Image
You don't get many chances to pay back what's been done for you. Take them.
Woody Hayes
Image
You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
Woody Hayes
Image
Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
Woody Hayes
Image
The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
Woody Hayes