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

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
People
Outwork
Outsmart
Ems
May
Able
Many

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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.
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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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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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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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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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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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