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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

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
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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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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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The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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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.
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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 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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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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Indomitable in victory, insufferable in defeat.
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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 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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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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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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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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