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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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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
Fire
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Wavelength
Coach
Coaches
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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 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.
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We control by attitudes-positive mental attitudes-not by rules.
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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.
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They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.
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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 am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.
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Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.
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Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
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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 never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
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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 most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.
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A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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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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When I look in the mirror in the morning, I want to take a swing at me.
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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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I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.
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