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I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.

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
Smart
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Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
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The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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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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I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose.
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Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
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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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Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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A man is always better than he thinks.
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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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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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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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The only way we'd get beaten was if we got a little fat-headed, if we didn't train right, if we had dissension on the squad.
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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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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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The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?
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