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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
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To hell with exciting. I'd rather be drab as hell and win.
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I don't like nice people. I like tough, honest people.
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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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Anything easy ain't worth a damn!
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Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
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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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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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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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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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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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You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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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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Paralyze resistance with persistence.
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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
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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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I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games.
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Even the best team, without a sound plan, can't score.
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The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
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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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